Australia’s Climate Commission warns on need for urgent action
Climate jury finds dire need for action to slow warming, Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Cubby, May 23, 2011 THE evidence for global warming is now ”exceptionally strong and beyond doubt” and actions this decade will determine the impact of climate change for the rest of the century, according to the first big report produced by Australia’s Climate Commission.
The report, to be presented to federal parliamentarians today, is designed to cut through the noise of political debate about the government’s carbon tax and find common ground.
It catalogues the latest research on the impact of climate change on Australia, updating the most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including reduced rainfall, recorded sea level rises and increasing temperatures
Climate science was ”being attacked in the media by many with no credentials in the field”, the report said.
”The questioning of the IPCC, the ‘climategate’ incident based on hacked emails in the UK and attempts to intimidate climate scientists have added to the confusion in the public about the veracity of climate science.
”By contrast to the noisy, confusing ‘debate’ in the media, within the climate research community our understanding of the climate system continues to advance strongly.”
The key finding is that greenhouse gas emissions must peak and then begin to fall rapidly within the next few years if the world is to avoid dangerous warming of up to 7 degrees and beyond this century…. Climate jury finds dire need for action to slow warming
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