Australia is urging the world to electrify, but its own freight system remains overwhelmingly dependent on imported diesel when electric trucks could cut emissions, strengthen fuel security and lower costs. Chris Bowen is right to preach electrification to the world. In Bonn this week, as COP31’s president of negotiations, he threw Australia’s weight behind the summit’s flagship target: lifting electricity from just over 20 per cent of global final energy demand to 35 per cent by 2035.