Holding Leaders to Account – Richard Denniss | Climate Integrity Summit 2025
“Demanding better from our leaders is often met with threats like ‘well if you push too hard then you’ll get nothing’.”
“Ignore this. It shows you’re winning.”
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In his opening remarks, Richard shows how far we have come since the Australia Institute’s first Climate Integrity Summit 3 years ago.
Wrapping the Summit up, Richard explains the power that each of us hold, and can use to hold our leaders to account.
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