Denial is back in vogue. As Australia leads climate talks, it’s beyond time we took the issue seriously

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At a UN climate meeting in Bonn last week, Australia’s climate and energy minister Chris Bowen proposed a new global target for 35% of final energy consumption to come from electricity by 2035, up from just over 20% today, and noted analysts have found the target consistent with the 1.5°C Paris goal. Bowen, who will be president of negotiations at COP31 in Turkey in November, argued electrification would limit the impacts of worsening climate disasters and fossil fuel price shocks.