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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5307)	7/28/2005 1:38:29 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Climate change inevitable: Minister July 26, 2005 AUSTRALIANS should expect higher temperatures, more droughts, severe cyclones and storm surges as a result of inevitable climate change, a new study has found. The Climate Change, Risk and Vulnerability report findings could be considered alarming but the changes would take place over time, Environment Minister Ian Campbell said. Even if greenhouse gas emissions could be miraculously halted tomorrow, there would still be climate change because of gases already in the environment, the government-commissioned report reveals. With expected higher temperatures, more droughts, severe cyclones and storm surges, the agricultural sector would have to look to new crops and livestock that could handle the environment, Senator Campbell said. And it was becoming obvious human-induced climate change was occurring through greenhouse gas emissions. "It could be painted as alarming but the reality is that these changes will happen over time," Senator Campbell said on ABC radio. "They are talking about a 30 to 50-year time span. "What we need to know as a nation, what the states' governments need to know, what the emergency services need to know, town planners need to know is where are these risks the most likely to occur in the short term. "There are a whole range of things we can learn from this report and it can help us adapt." Senator Campbell said there were strong reasons for comprehensive global action to deal with climate change. But he gave no indication the Government had moved closer to signing the Kyoto protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. "What this report is telling us is even if we were able to stop all greenhouse gas emissions going into the atmosphere through some miraculous international agreement and inventions and so forth, and new technologies, that we are still going to have climate change because of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 50 years," he said. theaustralian.news.com.au

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5307)	7/28/2005 9:25:26 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 36917

The Sundance Summit needs to get another expert .. Heidi Cullen, who has a doctorate in climatology and is a reporter for the Weather Channel, stressed the dangers of increased weather disasters such as hurricanes and droughts. Unless action is taken, carbon dioxide levels could increase at a rate that will lead to climate changes so swift that we may not be able to adapt to those changes. The sea levels could rise by as much as six meters (more than 19 feet) due to melting polar ice by the end of this century This assertion is patently false .. Melting floating ice does not contribute to sea level rise .. Policy decisions need to be made with accurate info not psuedo-science scare tactics .. Triff ..