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Climate change campaign.(DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD: ACF CAMPAIGN UPDATES)(Brief article)
ACF staff, council and members were disappointed and angry when Prime Minister Rudd announced last December that Australia's 2020 emissions target would fall within 5-15 per cent--that's below 1990 levels. Sadly, the Rudd Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) has been corrupted to the point where we see it as doing more harm than good in its current, twisted form. ACF has made it plain in the media and with all sides of politics: the scheme must not be passed into law unless it's fixed.
Fixing the CPRS and getting science-based targets in place are not going to be easy. Intense lobbying by the big polluting companies is increasing, not fading. The government and opposition are refusing to face up to the scale of emission reductions required.
Despite this David and Goliath struggle for real action to fight ...
- Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture.(online information on climate...
- Environment SHERBININ, ALEX DE March 1, 2000 700+ words
...security could be seriously affected by climate change-induced droughts, extreme weather...somewhat surprising. The impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security have...from early Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, the World Food Summit...
- Commitment to Curb Climate Change.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Presidents & Prime Ministers Kerry, John F. July 1, 2001 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Business Insurance ALDRED, CAROLYN November 20, 2000 700+ words
...that society and industry face from climate change, insurance executives were told at...discuss environmental issues, including climate change, and what strategies their organizations...coincided with the U.N. Convention on Climate Change. At international negotiations in...
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- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily Dinesh, Manimoli October 27, 2000 700+ words
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- The experts' word on climate change impacts.(Avoiding Dangerous Climate...
- Magazine article from: Ecos February 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry O'Driscoll, Cath May 11, 2009 700+ words
...legal requirement of the UK's Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and set out a...will be agreed at the December climate change meeting COP15 in Copenhagen. According to WWF's head of climate change, Keith Allott, 'This is a serious...
- Taking risks with climate change.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry Cheftel, Julia August 6, 2001 700+ words
...disagreement regarding how big or small the climate change is likely to be. But 'uncertainty of the size of climate change should not be confused with the...of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to project figures ahead...