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Post by bill on Nov 4, 2006 6:48:20 GMT -5
Protesters march against global warming
Thousands of people have turned out for rallies across Australian cities to raise awareness of climate change. The Walk Against Warming was an international event with similar marches happening around the globe.The biggest march was in Sydney as thousands of people walked from Martin Place to the Botanical Gardens.
Campaigners opposed to coal and nuclear power and are calling for the Government to adopt more solar and renewable energy sources. Greens Senator Bob Brown addressed the crowds before the walk began. "This lucky sunny country of ours can turn what is a despairing situation into a world of optimism, using our technology to make the whole world sing with renewable power and energy efficiency which doesn't threaten the future," he said.
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Organisers of the protest march in Canberra say more than 2,500 people took part. Policy adviser to the federal Greens and former deputy director of the Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, addressed the gathering and criticised the Federal Government for failing to adhere the agreement it made at the Earth Summit in 1992. "We agreed that developed countries have the responsibility to act first," he said. "It wasn't in the small print that China and India wouldn't be involved until the second period - it wasn't in the small print, it was a fundamental principle."
Queensland
Campaigners in Queensland are hoping today's international day of action will increase pressure on all levels of government to do more to address the problem. Thousands of people were expected to take part in the Walk Against Warming in Brisbane's CBD this afternoon.
Glenda Pickersgill is fighting the State Government's plan to dam the Mary River, near Gympie, and is urging Queenslanders to get involved in saving the planet. "We will join with thousands of other people down in Brisbane to show people power that climate change is really important," she said. "We have got to be thinking and planning for future generations to stop this problem."
Tasmania
A large crowd of people gathered at Hobart's Princes Park to mark the international day of action on climate change. Peaceful protesters made their way through the city holding banners criticising the proposed Gunns pulp mill and the Howard Government's refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Organisers of the Walk Against Warming say Tasmanians are noticing the effects of global warming, with a record dry winter this year and recent bushfires. The crowd gathered at Princes Park where they will be addressed by state greens MHA Nick McKim and members of the Wilderness society.
South Australia
In Adelaide 1,000 people marched the four kilometres from the airport to West Beach. Peter Owen from the Wilderness Society says the march was a cry for the Federal Government to act. "At the moment I think we're still in denial over the implications of climate change," he said. "They don't believe a lot of the science, they're not willing to act on what a lot of our top scientists in the world are saying. Australia seriously needs to sign the Kyoto Protocol. "It seriously needs to spend a lot of money in the development of renewable energy."
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Post by efm on Nov 6, 2006 17:55:43 GMT -5
bill,
You have been told by our GREAT LEADER of our Australian ECONOMY not to panic.
We must not PANIC ourselves into a response or we might loose jobs to India or have to import Chinese workers to do our jobs for a cheaper hourly rate under his new IR Laws.
PM calls an urgent meeting on water which will meet hours before Australia stops for "THE CUP".
THIS IS NOT PANIC. We will all forget the meeting after the cup and our hangovers. And of course he will blame the States fo not doing anything and for the Drought of course.
It seems our PM read page two of his papers last weekend and discovered Australia is short of water.
WOW! What a discovery he has made.
I wonder when we will get back to living in a Society and give up living in an Economy. That must be on page 3 of the papers.
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Post by bill on Nov 11, 2006 20:08:27 GMT -5
bill, You have been told by our GREAT LEADER of our Australian ECONOMY not to panic. We must not PANIC ourselves into a response or we might loose jobs to India or have to import Chinese workers to do our jobs for a cheaper hourly rate under his new IR Laws. PM calls an urgent meeting on water which will meet hours before Australia stops for "THE CUP". THIS IS NOT PANIC. We will all forget the meeting after the cup and our hangovers. And of course he will blame the States fo not doing anything and for the Drought of course. It seems our PM read page two of his papers last weekend and discovered Australia is short of water. WOW! What a discovery he has made. I wonder when we will get back to living in a Society and give up living in an Economy. That must be on page 3 of the papers.
At the end of the day, how well equipped is Australia's scientific research plan? Are the Aussie Government spending money into researching alternatives? or are they stumped for an answer? |
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Post by efm on Nov 16, 2006 8:54:37 GMT -5
Bill,
It is simple Bill.
The Australian Government is so concerned about Climate Change that they are spending a whole $120m on likely solutions.
This is very important to them and is a whole $30m more than placing GOOD Christian Chaplins in heathen schools.
Without these Chaplins all these heathens in these schools will be lost and without correcting climate change rivers will stop running and whole towns will move to the coast and drink sea water and all will die.
So it is clear the way the government views these important things.
We must stop these heathens in schools from throwing their kids overboard and worry about the Weapons of Mass Destruction and remember all Labor party members in parliament causes interest rates to rise; or it could be the bananas.
Our John Howard has only to say anything and all Australia will believe him.
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Post by ppyenews on Nov 17, 2006 6:25:10 GMT -5
Welcome to ‘Talkback Topic’ – I’m Phillip Pye.
If you have being taking notice of the News lately you might have heard the talk regarding Global Warming and it’s associated problems such as the damage to the ‘Ozone Layer’, the unpredictability of the weather patterns, the lack of rainfall, and the polar regions melting, amongst other effects. The fact is that the world is not in good shape environmentally. Countries such as Australia are having what can only be considered as a crazy weather pattern. It can be hot one day and can then be snowing in the mountainous areas the next, and that only happened this week just gone.
New Zealand is reporting large ‘Icebergs’ in the Southern Sea that are now entering shipping lanes, the Northern Hemisphere has had an unbelievably hot summer, Australia is in drought yet it snowed in Queensland the other day, try and work out that combination. About all I can say is that the ice I used to kick in the gutters on the way to school as a kid don’t seem to be there anymore on those cold, frosty mornings. That fact is that ‘Global Warming’ is a reality that everybody on this Earth is going to have to accept. In this case however acceptance would be sheer procrastination as every living human being on this planet is responsible.
Latest ‘Buzz’ word being thrown around the Media lately is “Carbon Trading”. How does that work and what is it? – Many may ask. Imagine you are a farmer in the Australian wheat belt. You need to plant trees to arrest salinity, erosion and soil acidification, but you can’t afford to – trees usually don’t earn you money for many years, if ever. Then, along comes a carbon broker. He offers to pay you money up-front to plant trees. In return, he wants a credit for the carbon such trees will store. You plant the trees and pocket the cash. As more and more farmers switch to trees, the wheat belt becomes more like a belt of living carbon.
Queensland farmers are being paid to keep their trees in a move that could help combat global warming. A new project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions will enable industrial companies to buy carbon rights from farmers with clearing permits who agree not to clear their land. The companies can then use the carbon to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
The Federal Treasurer ‘Peter Costello’ says the environment and carbon emissions trading will be discussed at the G20 summit this weekend in Melbourne. The meeting is being attended by Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors from across the globe. Peter Costello claimed that the economic impact of climate change will be up for discussion, and that they will be discussing the way in which countries get resource security and how it's priced and the likely effect of carbon trading systems on pricing.
The planting of more trees to reduce carbon emissions burning holes in the Ozone Layer is a fine idea but it is not the only problem that exists. The Oceans of the world have been used as a dumping ground and are tainted with oil slicks that have created disastrous repercussions. Mankind may think he has been very progressive in the last 100 years or so, but in reality, he’s left behind a terrible mess. It has to be stopped before the world does.
I’m Phillip Pye.
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Post by major987 on Nov 26, 2006 10:58:34 GMT -5
I posted this on the (Indonisan invasion in 2010) discussion but thought it could be posted here aswell, sorry if it does not mark the point you are all trying to discusse but its relivent to global warming.
Most Pacific Islands and the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean are already asking Australia and New Zealand if they can relocat their 400 000 inhapentes to our lands. Australia has said no but New Zealand is still concidering it. A scientific guess has put the rising sea levels at one meter by the end of this century, this would flood many major citys around the would and the ones that are only effected alittle will have greater sea surgeies during storms which would flood them anyway.
If carbon levels are not stop and then also reduced world wide, which is impossiable due to India and China wanting to become like America, sea levels will rise much faster. Indonisia being an island nation, sea level rising would force many Indonisans to leave their islands that are not hapital anymore and move to the already populated ones. One thing you have to understand is if civil war were to start in Indonesia due to sea level rising or any other reason, many people would flee to Australia. This means that even if sea level rising does not seriously effect Indonesia there is a good chance they will be forced to come anyway. But if sea levels rose by 1.5 to 2 meters by the end of this century they would invade Australia.
Something you should all know about Indonesia is that its population is 250 million, and with its current growth rate it is expected to double by 2025. Even if we stop sea level rising they are going to become so over populated that they are going to have to expanded their county to all of Papua new guinea and eventual northern Australia. With around 100 000 Australian mothers having apportion every year, our population is not increasing that much, we could never stand up to Indonesia. You may say America will help us but you have to understand, the Indonesian army will not be invading Australia, it will be millions of Indonesians. Indonesia is made up of 19 000 islands but only 6000 of them are inhabitable, and the ones that are inhabited have mounts and large hills on them that reduce the amount of land that can be lived on.
Many school kids and adults in Indonesia think that the north of Australia is owned by Indonesia. This is due to maps in schools and others used by the general public been made in the olden days by the European Dutch colonies that mapped the northern parts of Australia. They lay claim to the north of Australia and included it on their maps when they also owned most of Indonesia.
What will we do if they all want to live in Australia, who knows?
One thing for sure is, we have a big country with only 2.6 people per squire kilometer we have too much space. In times of real need, the United Nation will force the Australian people to allocate land to people like Indonesians to use if they run out of space from rising sea levels or over population. I mean look what happened in Israel, United Nation gave nearly half the land to the Jews when everyone new that Palestinians had been living there for over 1000 years.
My hole family was born in England and I was the only one born in Australia, the English invaded this country and took it over, what’s to say that Indonesia can not do the same,
Don’t hate the player hate the game………………………………Indonesia is just a player like us.
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Post by Flash on Nov 29, 2006 1:22:50 GMT -5
I posted this on the (Indonisan invasion in 2010) discussion but thought it could be posted here aswell, sorry if it does not mark the point you are all trying to discusse but its relivent to global warming. Most Pacific Islands and the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean are already asking Australia and New Zealand if they can relocat their 400 000 inhapentes to our lands. Australia has said no but New Zealand is still concidering it. A scientific guess has put the rising sea levels at one meter by the end of this century, this would flood many major citys around the would and the ones that are only effected alittle will have greater sea surgeies during storms which would flood them anyway. If carbon levels are not stop and then also reduced world wide, which is impossiable due to India and China wanting to become like America, sea levels will rise much faster. Indonisia being an island nation, sea level rising would force many Indonisans to leave their islands that are not hapital anymore and move to the already populated ones. One thing you have to understand is if civil war were to start in Indonesia due to sea level rising or any other reason, many people would flee to Australia. This means that even if sea level rising does not seriously effect Indonesia there is a good chance they will be forced to come anyway. But if sea levels rose by 1.5 to 2 meters by the end of this century they would invade Australia. Something you should all know about Indonesia is that its population is 250 million, and with its current growth rate it is expected to double by 2025. Even if we stop sea level rising they are going to become so over populated that they are going to have to expanded their county to all of Papua new guinea and eventual northern Australia. With around 100 000 Australian mothers having apportion every year, our population is not increasing that much, we could never stand up to Indonesia. You may say America will help us but you have to understand, the Indonesian army will not be invading Australia, it will be millions of Indonesians. Indonesia is made up of 19 000 islands but only 6000 of them are inhabitable, and the ones that are inhabited have mounts and large hills on them that reduce the amount of land that can be lived on. Many school kids and adults in Indonesia think that the north of Australia is owned by Indonesia. This is due to maps in schools and others used by the general public been made in the olden days by the European Dutch colonies that mapped the northern parts of Australia. They lay claim to the north of Australia and included it on their maps when they also owned most of Indonesia. What will we do if they all want to live in Australia, who knows? One thing for sure is, we have a big country with only 2.6 people per squire kilometer we have too much space. In times of real need, the United Nation will force the Australian people to allocate land to people like Indonesians to use if they run out of space from rising sea levels or over population. I mean look what happened in Israel, United Nation gave nearly half the land to the Jews when everyone new that Palestinians had been living there for over 1000 years. My hole family was born in England and I was the only one born in Australia, the English invaded this country and took it over, what’s to say that Indonesia can not do the same, Don’t hate the player hate the game………………………………Indonesia is just a player like us. Well... we are not going to see that happen.  |
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Post by major987 on Nov 29, 2006 5:26:27 GMT -5
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Most Pacific Islands and the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean are already asking Australia and New Zealand if they can relocat their 400 000 inhapentes to our lands.
Sri Lanka has already lost over 100-200m of beach front land in areas around their country. I’m sure many other countrys are already experincing problems with sea levels rising, but one thing is for sure, if we do take the 400 000 displaced islanders, Australia will officerly be feeling the hardships of rising sea levels. Hell, even them asking us if they can live here is the beginning of the global warming era.
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Post by abraham on Apr 6, 2007 6:56:25 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]UN experts warn warming will damage society, nature[/glow]
In a major United Nations (UN) report, top climate experts have warned that global warming will cause faster and wider damage than previously forecast, ranging from hunger in Africa and Asia to extinctions and rising ocean levels.
More than 100 nations in the UN climate panel agreed to the final text of the report after overnight disputes with some scientists accusing government delegates of watering down their findings in a draft 21-page summary for policy makers.
"We have an approved report," Rajendra Pachauri said, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) after the talks in Brussels.
The report by the IPCC, the top world authority on climate change grouping 2,500 scientists, will guide policy in coming years on issues such as extending the UN's Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.
"Conflict is a hard word, tension is a better word," Gary Yohe said, one of the report's lead authors, of the mood at the marathon talks.
He says China, Russia and Saudi Arabia raised most objections during the night to the 21-page summary, which makes clear that the poor will suffer most.
Other participants also said the United States had toned down some passages.
Some scientists objected after China tried to eliminate a note saying that there was "very high confidence" that climate change was already affecting "many natural systems, on all continents and in some oceans".
China, the second largest source of greenhouse gases after the US and ahead of Russia, wanted no mention of the level of confidence.
Bleak outlook
Delegates sharpened other sections of the report, including adding a warning that some African nations might have to spend 5 to 10 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on adapting to climate change.
Overall, the report is the bleakest UN assessment yet of the threat of climate change, predicting water shortages that could affect billions of people, extinctions of species and a rise in ocean levels that could go on for centuries.
It says human greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from burning fossil fuels, are very likely to be the main cause of warming.
It also says climate change could cause a sharp fall in crop yields in Africa, a thaw of Himalayan glaciers and more heatwaves for Europe and North America.
The IPCC report says climate change is no longer a vague, distant threat.
"The whole of climate change is something actually here and now rather than something for the future," Neil Adger said, a British lead author of the report.
everyone should read this and be awear this is a happening to us in the world.
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Post by abraham on Apr 6, 2007 21:36:28 GMT -5
Droughts to worsen as Earth heats up, report warns
Australia can expect worsening drought conditions and water shortages over the next 20 years, as part of the impact of climate change.
A major global report on the issue also warns coastal communities to brace for more extreme weather conditions.
Australian CSIRO scientist Kevin Hennessy is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Speaking from Brussels he says the report predicts the problem of climate change and global warming is set to worsen in Australia, with less rainfall and more droughts.
"The net effect of that is less water available for a number of different purposes such as for drinking water in cities, for irrigation for agriculture, for industry and for environmental flows," he said.
"One of the key findings was that there would be 10-25 per cent reduction in run off in the Murray-Darling Basin by 2050.
"Yet some coastal communities can expect more floods and intense cyclones."
"Storms will become more intense and more frequent like large cyclones," said Adelaide University professor Nick Harvey, another of the five Australian scientists on the panel.
The report has found the most vulnerable ecosystems in Australia are the Great Barrier Reef, the Kakadu wetlands, rainforests and alpine areas.
It also warns that some species will become extinct.
The report found water problems are "very likely" to increase by 2030 and river flow from the Murray-Darling basin could fall by up to 25 per cent by 2050.
Scientists predict there will also be an increased danger from forest fires.
The report highlights the need to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and to adapt to the problems by making changes such as conserving water.
Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the findings of the report are not new.
"In terms of the impact on Australia there's nothing in the report that is not well known to us," he said.
"Indeed most of the conclusions in the report come straight from work by the CSIRO which has been informing our climate change policies for some time."
Mr Turnbull says he is very concerned about the impact of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef and that is why steps are being taken to protect it.
"It is the best managed coral reef in the world, it is the most resilient," he said.
"All of our policies over many years have been focused on ensuring that the reef is healthy and that it is resilient and that it is able to deal and adapt to the consequences of climate change."
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