Posts Tagged ‘ross garnaut’

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 […]



Impact of global warming will rival great depression: Garnaut

By admin • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Global Warming

Professor Ross Garnaut, author of the Australian government’s climate change review, has warned that the world will face severe consequences, if policy makers ignore the economic impact of global warming.In an article published in the Australian National University’s biannual, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Professor Ross Garnaut likened the shocking economic impacts of unexpected climate change events […]