The most important and conclusive scientific report on climate change to date was released yesterday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the findings arent pretty. The worlds most experienced scientists are in agreement, we must do more – and quickly – if were to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. And that means we need stronger and more consistent calls on our our government to aim higher. Will you join the movement of Australians for Climate Action laying the foundations for a new approach to our national climate policy? If you need more convincing, here are some of the scariest findings from the reports contributors: • Climate change has already left its mark on all continents and across the oceans 1 • The poor, the young and the elderly in all countries will all be more vulnerable 2 • Human-driven climate change poses a great threat, unprecedented in type and scale, to wellbeing, health and perhaps even to human survival 3 Enough is enough. This report shows inaction is simply not acceptable. We must come together as a loud, resonant chorus of voices, demanding the necessary and long overdue measures to secure a safe climate future. These findings make our demands for climate action more important than ever before. Will you become an Australian for Climate Action? https://australiansforaction.org.au/ This isnt just about our leaders – we need to aim high also. If were to demonstrate that tackling climate action has diverse and widespread support from the majority of Australians, we need to make this our largest open letter ever, featuring our names and faces. We need to stand up and be counted. Already, leading scientists, firefighters, actors, musicians, renewable energy workers, paralympians and 55,000 Australians from all walks of life have joined the call for climate action. With your help, we can amplify their voices and reach the furthest corners of the country. Its up to us – a diverse and powerful movement of everyday Australians – to demand better. To hold our government to account. To demonstrate our strength and our resolve. Join Australians for Climate Action by signing the open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten: https://australiansforaction.org.au/ Weve demonstrated the power of our movement and its dedication to stronger climate action time and time again. Less than six months ago, we held the largest mobilisations on climate Australia has ever seen – from the bush to the burbs, more than 60,000 of us took to the streets and demanded our government aim higher. We were featured in metropolitan newspapers, on every major news network – we even made international headlines! Our display of support for climate action was a clear counterpoint to the Abbott Governments supposed mandate to unwind our progress. Its time we lay this myth to bed once and for all. Australians for Climate Action is a lasting and powerful visual display of the diverse community support for stronger climate action and renewable solutions. Well be identifying opportunities in the coming months, before the new Senate gets on with the job of deciding our clean energy future, to deliver our open letter in an effective and strategic show of strength. Will you join the tens of thousands of Australians who are standing up and demanding our government aim higher on climate? Can you help us create the largest climate movement Australia has ever seen? https://australiansforaction.org.au/ Lets do this, Erin for the GetUp team
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 05:46:44 +0000
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