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The Iran war has heightened the nuclear and climate threat. Australia must help the world step back from the brink | Chris Barrie | Collector
The Iran war has heightened the nuclear and climate threat. Australia must help the world step back from the brink | Chris Barrie
Guardian Australia

The Iran war has heightened the nuclear and climate threat. Australia must help the world step back from the brink | Chris Barrie

As a regional power and signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, Australia has responsibilities. I am calling on the government to take four steps The war on Iran, which may still be a long way from over, has triggered an energy challenge that highlights the world’s collective failure to face the looming threat of climate disruption. But in a most frightening way, the use of nuclear war has also been explicit and immediate. This moment now condenses two existential threats – climate disruption and the threat of nuclear war – into one crisis, and one that will remain long after this war subsides. Continue reading...

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