Talkback: Climate change and energy price

In the wake of the Coalition government removing the emissions reduction component from its signature national energy guarantee before Scott Morrison replaced Malcolm Turnbull, trade minister Simon Birmingham has claimed Australia will honour its Paris climate agreement commitments but failed to name a mechanism for emissions reduction in government policy. Ivan and Crista have invited Advance Queensland Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow at Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland Dr. Shihu Hu to help us understand how staying with Paris Climate Agreement could affect our climate and living standard.

For the first time, Australia's pollution has been mapped by postcode in a report titled The Dirty Truth by the Australian Conservation Foundation. Source: AAP