This week, InDaily readers respond to Sam Dighton’s opinion piece and question whether Golden North can keep its name.

Sam Dighton is right: hosting COP31 would put Adelaide under the climate action microscope. But if South Australia wants to be taken seriously on the world stage, we need more than talking points and solar stats — we need a structural shift in how we plan, build, move, and govern.

Yes, the state has made real progress in renewable energy generation. Our grid is now more than 70 per cent renewable. That’s no small feat. But climate leadership today is no longer about what percentage of your electricity comes from wind or solar. It’s about your whole-of-society carbon metabolism: what you build, how people live, and whether you’re cutting emissions across all sectors—including transport, buildings, and land use—not just the electricity grid.

And this is where South Australia is........

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