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"The Nationals leader David Littleproud has been urged by the Climate Council
to listen to climate scientists after making extraordinary comments about
climate mitigation and adaption on Friday.
Littleproud told
Radio National listeners that there is a “way to tackle
climate change rather than net zero”, and suggested Australia focus more on
adapting to climate change rather than doing anything about it.
The comments by Littleproud, who is being urged by the likes of Barnaby Joyce,
Matt Canavan and Michael McCormack and others to drop net zero, astonished and
infuriated climate scientists .
Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie urged Littleproud to accept briefings from
leading climate scientists and emergency service experts, as a matter of
urgency. She said climate scientists had made clear that cutting climate
pollution is “literally the only solution” to the climate crisis.
“Climate experts are ready and willing to brief Mr Littleproud on this issue
anywhere, anytime,” McKenzie said in a statement.
“Cutting climate pollution is the only way to solve the climate crisis. The
burning of coal, oil and gas is driving the problem – there is no other magical
solution than cutting the source of the problem.”
“At this stage this is weaponised incompetence. Deliberately ignoring reality
for political points and peddling climate denial.
“If we don’t continue to cut climate pollution the flooding in Taree, Grafton
and Lismore will become more and more frequent and damaging. Marine heatwaves
will cause the terminal decline of the Great Barrier Reef.”
Despite its heavy losses at the recent election, and the increasingly dire
climate outcomes, the federal Coalition appears to be going backwards, inspired
by Donald Trump’s war on renewables and science.
State councils are voting to oppose net zero, and the Coalition, Murdoch media,
and radio shock jocks are persisting with extraordinary attacks on the rollout
of wind, solar and storage – despite the need to replace Australia’s ageing and
increasingly unreliable coal generators."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
