Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton’s energy plan is more focused on coal and gas than it is on nuclear power | Adam Morton

44 of the world’s top climate scientists, including four Australian professors, released an open letter warning that ocean circulation in the Atlantic is at serious risk of collapse sooner than was previously understood.

The cause? Rising greenhouse gas emissions.

If it happens, it will reshape the global climate, including cooling parts of north-western Europe so much that places such as Norway and Scotland could become unliveable while most of the planet gets hotter.

Coalition supports Labor ’s pro-fossil fuel plans but opposes its efforts to curtail emissions.

On coal, O’Brien accuses Labor of planning to force plants to shut early.

As evidence, he points to an Australian Energy Market Operator step change’ scenario under which about 90% of coal plants will close by 2035 .