Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has put Australia on notice over what he claims is an inexcusable inaction towards setting strict climate change commitments. Ban, a strong advocate for climate change efforts and who previously championed the globally-binding Paris Agreement, said he believed the lack of a net-zero target was at odds with an international emissions reduction movement. “Ethically, the toll of inaction on climate is incalculable,” Ban told the Better Futures Forum on Tuesday. “Australia’s current goal … and the absence of a national zero emissions target, is out of step with its states, its trading partners, and other comparable nations,” Ban said. “It is insufficient to meet Australia’s Paris Agreement commitments.” Australia’s pledge to the Paris Agreement outlines the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. This comes as the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its …