Australia's international reputation has taken a battering as nations leave COP26 with a renewed sense of urgency to act on climate change this decade.
Congratulations this week to, of all people, President Xi and his comrades for announcing that China will build over the next decade 150 new nuclear power stations.
What the United Nations wants the world to do and what Australia, comparable developed countries, and China are promising ahead of the COP26 climate summit.
Tropical Cyclone Shaheen has killed four people as it slammed into Oman with ferocious winds and heavy rain, flooding streets, prompting evacuations from coastal areas and delaying flights to and from the capital, Muscat.
