The best way to Dutton-proof climate legislation is to get it into parliament and get it passed | Katharine Murphy

The Greens and teals are correct to say climate science would demand a number higher than 43%. They are right to say opening up more fossil fuel developments fries the planet, and right to flag the need for urgent action.

People who fled for their lives during the summer bushfires of 2019-20 understand climate change is present tense, not future tense, and so do the people who waded through waist-deep water during the ongoing east coast low, or required a roof rescue because flood waters surged too quickly.

And rather than etching some constructive middle ground, Bandt is also out with his loud hailer, unfurling a list of demands he knows full well Labor has no electoral mandate to meet.

Then we might actually end the climate wars.