Posts Tagged ‘great barrier reef’

Govts acting too slow on climate change

By admin • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Environmental Policy, Featured, Global Warming

Governments are not acting fast enough to reduce carbon emissions, a climate change rally in Melbourne has heard.Wearing red, members of more than 60 environmental groups rallied in the city centre and marched to the Alexandra Gardens where they formed a human “sign” 140 metres long, spelling “Climate Emergency”.
The demonstration followed yesterday’s release of economist […]


World heritage sites ‘threatened by climate change’

By admin • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Conferences & Events, Environmental Policy, Featured, Global Warming, Life

The Federal Government is being asked to support a move for international recognition of climate change as a threat to world heritage sites.
An Australian legal and environment group has joined with a US group to urge the World Heritage Centre to adopt guidelines that take climate change into account in planning for the conservation of […]