The axing of the Climate Commission should be no surprise. Environment Minister Greg Hunt has long said that it would go if the Coalition was elected.

The concern is whether the move is symbolic of a government that does not care about climate change.

Fair warning: Environment Minister Greg Hunt. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

In a week, the world's leading climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will hand down perhaps the most important document on global warming.

The six-year assessment on the status of climate change will be almost impossible for the average punter to navigate.