All over the world governments are abandoning fossil fuels like coal and gas, and embracing renewable energy, leaving Australia isolated and economically vulnerable. Today, Mike Seccombe on the new climate policies sweeping the globe and how Australia is already being left behind.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.

Background reading: 2050 net zero: Australia left behind as Asia goes green in The Saturday Paper

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