Australia vows to keep mining coal despite climate warning

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Australia's energy exports were needed to power developing countries, and predicted that technology would enable them to be burned "in a much more climate-friendly way" in future.

Environmentalists argue that inaction on climate change could cost Australia's economy billions of dollars as the country suffers more intense bush fires, storms and floods. But Canberra has refused to adopt a net-zero emissions target and remains one of the world's largest fossil fuel exporters.

Coal exports brought in A$50 billion (S$49.6 billion) a year and the industry provided direct jobs for 50,000 Australians

Qn: 

1. Assess the view that attempts to control climate change can never be truly effective. (Cam. 2017

2. Discuss the view that, with an increasing global need for energy, every possible source should be exploited to the full. (Cam. 2014)