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Seychelle Islands feeling the effects of climate change

Let us put the people and the science available to improve the lives of people at the centre of climate change.’’…the country was already experiencing changes in line with climate change projections…..

Mr Michel declined to comment on the Australian debate over a carbon tax, …. But he said the government had made generous commitments to help small islands cope and praised its recent shift to an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050.

Forget climate ideology’,The Age, Adam MortonAugust 23, 2011  AS THE public debate over climate change becomes increasingly heated, the leader of a small island nation arrived in Australia with a counter-message: the time for ideological conflict is past.

‘‘It is regrettable that many still view these debates as ideological,’’ James Michel, president of the Republic of the Seychelles, said in Melbourne yesterday.

‘‘There is no ideology involved in survival of people. Let us put the people and the science available to improve the lives of people at the centre of climate change.’’

Mr Michel suggested the country was already experiencing changes in line with climate change projections…..

Mr Michel declined to comment on the Australian debate over a carbon tax, beyond that it was a sign of a healthy democracy. But he said the government had made generous commitments to help small islands cope and praised its recent shift to an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050.

‘‘This is far better than most industrial countries have agreed, so Australia is leading in that sense,’’ he said…Forget climate ideology’

August 23, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized