Some of Australia’s biggest companies are planning for an unbearable climate future

Andrew Merry/Getty Even as unprecedented fires and heatwaves rage across Europe, scientists track the retreat of Antarctic sea ice and a supercharged El Niño system heads our way, Australia’s largest companies are forecasting business-as-usual in a much hotter world. Last year, Australia introduced mandatory company climate reporting. They must now disclose the climate “risks and opportunities” that may affect their prospects. Several of Australia’s biggest energy and resource companies have…