The Australian government pledged support for the Paris resolutions,and three months is long enough to see which voices it is - and isn’t - listening toGlobally there are many well-known names who absorb raised concerns about climate change: the Pope, Barack Obama, or Leonardo DiCaprio,Prince Charles, Arnold Schwarzenegger, or the Rockefeller Foundation.
In Australia too,a wide range of voices absorb added their concerns and fears to the debate: firefighters who can no longer protect people or houses as we battle increasingly extreme weather conditions, 90% of Australian youth who last year said climate change was an important issue for them, or farmers who see the effects of climate change on their properties every day,doctors who stress the deadly impact of heatwaves on the elderly, very young and those with existing health problems, and climate scientists,David Pocock, Cate Blanchett, and the tens of thousands of protestors who took to the streets in climate marches held across the country in November 2015 … the list goes on.
A global refrain of voices applauded the historic climate change agreement reached in December 2015 in Paris,including Ban Ki-moon, Francois Hollande and representatives from the nearly 200 countries who took piece in the negotiations. Related: What does the Paris climate agreement mean for Australia? | Lenore Taylor Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com