Open letter to the entitled political class in Australia, who have perfected the art of delay, deflection and quiet surrender.
Author: Mik Aidt
Mik is a journalist, podcaster and blogger. Lived in Denmark many years. Spent four years in Africa. Visited close to 60 countries around the planet. Settled in Australia with his family. Mik became a climatesafety advocate when he became a father of three children, and because – with the words of R. K. Pachauri: “We are all citizens of Planet Earth, and there is no other place we can go.”
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