Abbott government dodges questions on whether renewable energy should make up 80 per cent of Australias energy by the middle of the century, comes as the IPCC says fossil fuel use must cease by 2100 if dangerous climate change is to be averted and, on current emission trends, the world would warm by 4 degrees by 2100 and keep getting warmer, Labors environment spokesman Mark Butler says Direct Action would not do the job to reduce emissions smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/defiant-coal-industry-pushes-emissions-cleanup-research-in-face-of-ipcc-report-20141103-11gag2.html Planned funding cuts by the Abbott government for climate change research will degrade Australias ability to predict and respond to impacts, concerns come as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report warning of irreversible damage from global warming, and climate scientists from the CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology and universities rush to meet Wednesdays deadline to apply for funds under the reduced National Environmental Science Programme smh.au/environment/climate-change/climate-science-funding-deadline-looms-20141103-11fz89.html
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 23:49:25 +0000
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