CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
Secretary-General
Colleagues
This is the decisive decade for acting on the environmental challenge of climate change - and seizing the economic opportunities of clean energy.
We all grasp the scale and the urgency of our task.
We all understand the consequences of inaction: for our environment, for our economies, for our people's way of life and for our children's future.
Australians know the toll taken by extreme weather events becoming more frequent and more intense.
The devastation that cyclones, floods, bushfires and drought inflict on our communities.
And Australia knows we are not alone.
We are all involved.
An essential message th...