QUESTION: Your job is all about managing risk. Vladimir Putin is threatening nuclear war, and this month we've seen the hottest temperatures on this planet on record. What is the greater threat to humanity in your mind, war or climate change?
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, you can't, I think, have a hierarchy. There are some things that are front and center - the wolf at the door - including potential conflict, but there's no doubt that climate represents an existential challenge to all of us. It's one of the reasons we're so gratified at Australia's leadership when it comes to combating climate change; that Australia is stepping up in the way that it is sends a very powerful message. It's both practical in what Australia is doing, but it also is the symbolism of an important country taking a clear stand and also taking action against climate.
So for us, this is the existential challenge of our times, but that doesn't mean that in the meantime there are not severe challenges to the international order like Russia's aggression against Ukraine. We have to multitask. Basically we're, for better or worse, in a growth industry right now. We've got a multiplicity of challenges and we have to be able to engage them simultaneously. It's again one of the reasons why having such a strong partnership and alliance with Australia matters more than ever.
The rest of the interview: https://www.miragenews.com/60-minutes-australia-features-interview-with-1056543/
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