Rona Ambrose is doing what is expected of her even if she doesn't believe it herself. Playing to the base is a political party's bread and butter. Most Conservative supporters think man-made climate change is a lot of bunk and governments shouldn't do much to reverse our polluting ways. Of course there will be economic consequences to modernizing our societies but if changes are managed to do as little damage as possible, it is conceivable to make the global differences necessary to stave off future calamities.