A pie in the eye for deniers: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has added to international calls on Australia to reveal its plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, telling an audience in Sydney that climate change wont stop at the Pacific Islands. In a speech that ranged from human rights to the need to stand against Russian aggression in Ukraine, the German leader said it was important for countries such as Germany and Australia to pool their efforts to promote free trade and curb the spread of Ebola. It was also important to put a brake on climate change, Mrs Merkel told a Lowy Institute event in Sydney, adding that global warming would have catastrophic consequences if left unchecked, including more extreme weather. Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the Lowy Insitute in Sydney on Monday. Climate change knows no borders, Mrs Merkel said a day after the G20 summit wrapped up in Brisbane with action on climate change contained in a list of commitments. It will not stop at the Pacific Islands. The German leader also pressed Australia to reveal its post-2020 goal for cutting carbon emissions by the first quarter [of 2015] at the very latest, to give time for the UNs Paris Summit at the end of next year to secure binding emission cuts for all states. Read more: smh.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-wont-stop-at-the-pacific-islands-angela-merkel-tells-australia-20141117-11o17o.html#ixzz3JIDheUb9
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 03:44:02 +0000