Australia sells coal to China...

China burns the coal to make cheap solar panels. 

Australia buys the panels back and calls it a ‘Just Transition. - Climate Change and EnvironMental issues.

• That’s not climate action — that’s a supply‑chain boomerang with a self‑inflicted black eye.

If your “transition” means:

• - Shutting down affordable domestic energy while importing the same carbon in someone else’s packaging,
• - Paying more for power while your industries bleed jobs,
• - Handing leverage to a strategic rival who can cut you off at will,
• …then you’re not decarbonising — you’re carbon laundering and calling it progress.

The result? 

• Energy poverty at home, geopolitical weakness abroad, and a dependency that can be weaponized overnight. 

The emissions ledger may look cleaner, but the national balance sheet — and the strategic map — are dirtier than ever.

• A climate plan that trades sovereignty for optics isn’t a plan. 
• It’s surrender dressed as virtue.