Zoe Daniel can pinpoint the moment that climate change’s existential threat to humanity crystalised in her mind.
For the former foreign correspondent turned climate-campaigning politician, landing in a military cargo plane in the obliterated Filipino city of Tacloban in 2013 was a life-altering moment.
In her first speech to the federal parliament as the new member for Goldstein, Daniel recalled the horror of witnessing the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which left thousands dead across the Philippines – an experience that would play into her decision to run for politics a decade later…
