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We act and assist with the dissemination of information on the climate change and what we - and you - can do to reduce it!

What is climate change?

Climate change is the greatest threat facing our planet. Humans are causing climate change, and humans can stop it getting worse. We can keep our planet healthy for future generations by acting on climate change now.

What is causing the problem?

Humans are causing climate change by adding huge amounts of carbon dioxide (C02) and other greenhouse polluting gases to our atmosphere. The biggest source of greenhouse pollution is burning fossil fuels (like coal and oil) for energy.

Why is the planet warming?

Earth is wrapped in a delicately balanced 'blanket' of gases. Like a greenhouse in a garden, this insulating layer traps heat from the sun, and sustains life. Human activities (like burning coal and oil) are adding huge amounts of greenhouse pollution to the atmosphere. The pollution stays in the atmosphere for many decades. Greenhouse pollution is making Earth's 'blanket' unnaturally thick, and this is heating up the planet. This is commonly called global warming. The heat trap is also causing many unusual and dangerous changes to our climate and weather systems, best described as climate change.

How do we solve the 'climate crisis'?

We can stop climate change, but only by making major reductions in the amount of greenhouse pollution we create. To cut pollution, we need to drastically change the way we use and produce energy.

Individuals, businesses and governments need to become much more energy efficient and stop wasting energy. And we need to move to clean, renewable sources of energy - like wind and solar.

Renewable energy is available now, safe for the environment and good for our economy. By dealing with climate change, we can make Australia a world leader in renewable energy and create thousands of jobs and new exports

Everyone's Problem!

Australia is particularly vulnerable to climate change - environmentally and economically. We already live on the driest inhabited continent on earth. Climate change is making most of Australia drier. We are already experiencing more severe droughts in the bush, and water shortages in our cities.

Climate change is bad for our economy, and bad for our individual hip-pockets. In 2006, Cyclone Larry, severe drought and bushfires wiped billions off the Australian economy. These costs flow through to ordinary Australians in many ways, for example, increased food prices (e.g. bananas) and higher insurance premiums.

If we don't take action, climate change will worsen.

If we do nothing, Australian scientists at the CSIRO estimate that temperatures in Australia could be up to 2ºC hotter by 2030 and up to 6ºC hotter by 2070.

As temperatures increase we can expect:

- More frequent and severe droughts, bushfires, floods and storms

- Increased deaths from heatwaves and flooding and higher incidences of dengue fever, malaria and other mosquito borne diseases

- Damage to our farming and tourism economies as crops fail and attractions like ski fields and the Great Barrier Reef disappear

- Wildlife extinctions as habitat disappears

Climate change is already melting the polar ice caps. If we allow the planet to get much warmer, we could melt the massive Greenland or West Antarctic ice sheets. If either ice sheet melts, sea-levels will rise by a staggering seven metres - putting large areas of our coastline and cities underwater.

For more information visit;

Australian Conservation Foundation: http://www.acfonline.org.au/ 

WWF: http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/climatechange/

CSIRO: http://www.csiro.au/csiro/channel/ich3h.html

Australian Government: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au

Bureau of Meteorology: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/ 

Climate Action Network Australia: http://www.cana.net.au

Australia's Leading Advocate - Professor Tim Flannery: http://www.theweathermakers.com

An Inconvenient Truth: Information on Al Gore's movie http://www.climatecrisis.net/

Emission Calculator: Available at Carbon trading website http://www.elementree.com.au/

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