“We need to send a message to all leaders in every part of our society that failing to deliver on the promise of what we can be is not an option,” Mr Kean said according to a copy of his speech obtained by theHerald andThe Age.
In the speech,scheduled for Tuesday morning ahead of the three-day forum,the Liberal state minister said everyone had a responsibility in “remaking our politics”,including when it came to elections.
“It is our responsibility when we purchase things for our homes,when we choose where to invest our superannuation,when we decide who we bank with,and when we decide how to vote at the ballot box,” Mr Kean,who has spoken out before about the need to break down the partisan divide on climate inaction,said.
His comments,which will follow opening remarks to the forum by former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon,come a week after the release of renewed warnings about planetary heating bythe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Mr Kean did not name Scott Morrison but made a veiled reference to the Prime Minister’s comments that it was up to developing nations to cut emissions and pledges from other countries did “not make a lick of difference” if China didn’t cut pollution.