In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.

And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most.

Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.

The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services and people, and the sorts of materials that we use to fuel the whole of our civilisation.