If You're Listening

AUSTRALIA | S06 E3 - How long will the world want our coal?

Australia intends to keep exporting coal for as long as there are countries willing to buy it. Miners have grand dreams of establishing new coal regions in Queensland to supply coal to the power stations and steel mills of India.But how much longer will India, and our other big coal customers, keep needing it?Guests:Neelima Jain, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Centre for Strategic and International StudiesMika Ohbayashi, Director of the Renewable Energy Institute, TokyoMary Delahunty, Head of Impact at HestaIan Macfarlane, Chief Executive of Queensland Resources Council &amp; former federal resources ministerDr Judith Brett - Emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University, author of the Quarterly Essay The Coal Curse

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