Saturday, 13 Mar 2021 01:50 PM MYT
He has criss-crossed Europe by plane in the last two months, where most of the OECD’s members are located, promoting his candidacy and promising an agenda of “inclusive and sustainable economic growth”. Greenpeace on Friday expressed “deep dismay and anger” at the choice for one of the world’s major multinational institutions, while the head of E3G campaign group Nick Mabey said the appointment sent a “dangerous signal”.
He said in a statement that Cormann’s experience in Europe and Australia “will ensure he makes an outstanding contribution as leader of the OECD.”Green groups have sought to highlight Cormann’s sceptical statements on climate policy in the past, such as when he called Australia’s emission-trading scheme “economic self-harm which does nothing to help global emissions”.