Category Archives: Global warming

Solutions Anyone?

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I just sent this to On Line Opinion.  It may take a week for it to be posted, if they like it.

Are On Line Opinion readers interested in innovative solutions to major problems?  Or do they (you) just want to defend old positions, or have an argument?  Or what?

I ask these questions because there have been several pieces recently that present quite innovative ideas or perspectives on solving the economic crisis and/or global warming.  Yet four such articles attracted a total of 15 comments.  (They are Remaking the economy, 4 comments; Energy Rewards to stimulate the economy, 2; The need for indirect action on climate change, 3; Sustainability will not be sidelined, 6)

 

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The Urgency and the Opportunity

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A submission to the Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy, April 2009

[This is punchier than the version I posted 23 March, which was for a different Senate enquiry.]

The Government fails completely to appreciate the urgency of the climate situation, which must be seen in terms of dominos and tipping points.  The first big domino seems to be tipping now, and there may soon be no way to prevent or reverse catastrophic warming.

The Government also fails completely to appreciate the opportunity to rapidly reduce emissions while creating an economy that can secure Australians’ wellbeing indefinitely.

This submission focusses on reframing the policy discussion.  It is intentionally brief.  Details are irrelevant unless the problem is properly framed.

 

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