When Kean announced he was leaving politics he said he was doing so to pursue opportunities in the private sector.
But the opportunity to serve as the chair of the CCA was too good to pass up.
“The Climate Change Authority has an important role to play in providing independent advice to the government of the day based on facts, science, evidence, engineering and economics,” he says.
“I intend to follow the tradition and continue to carry myself as I did as the New South Wales energy and environment minister, as the treasurer … who oversaw a $115 billion budget, and that’s to take a pragmatic approach to ensuring that we deliver for families, the economy and protect the environment and build bipartisan consensus where possible.”