The powerful national upside of net zero emissions

Major countries and the private sector are embracing net zero as the growth opportunity of the future. With Australia increasingly isolated diplomatically and economically, Scott Morrison is feeling the pressure, write Nick Rowley and James Rydge.

Scott Morrison’s recently stated goal “to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible, and preferably by 2050” comes at the beginning of possibly the most important year so far in the human response to climate change. However hard it may be for a leader whose previous climate interventions have included brandishing