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What does state leadership on global warming look like?

RenewEconomy: Environment Victoria along with national environment groups Environmental Justice Australia, Friends of the Earth and the ACF are seeking the rebuilding of Victoria’s Climate Change Act so that it can drive the transition of our economy to a net zero carbon future. We think there are four key pillars that need to be enshrined in the amended Act.

25 February, 2016

NSW Upper House calls on Government to pursue a 1.5 degree limit on global warming

Greens MP Jan Barham has welcomed the Legislative Council’s support for a motion calling for legislation and action to ensure the state contributes to pursuing the aims of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

“The Paris Agreement calls for international action to keep global warming well below 2 degrees and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. I congratulate the Government and all other parties for supporting the Greens’ motion, and it’s now essential that the state locks in action to lead the way to achieving the aims of the Paris Agreement,” Ms Barham said.

“The Greens have a Climate Change Bill before the Parliament right now which would commit all NSW Governments, now and into the future, to put us on a trajectory to net zero emissions by 2040, consider the climate impacts in decisions across the whole of government, and provide for judicial review of any actions that would undermine climate action.

By: Jan Barham - In: Climate News,Greens on Climate - 1 Comment

2015 Was Hottest Year in Historical Record, Scientists Say

New York Times: 'Scientists started predicting a global temperature record months ago, in part because an El Niño weather pattern, one of the largest in a century, is releasing an immense amount of heat from the Pacific Ocean into the atmosphere. But the bulk of the record-setting heat, they say, is a consequence of the long-term planetary warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. “The whole system is warming up, relentlessly,” said Gerald A. Meehl, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.'

14 December, 2015

Paris Climate Agreement: New South Wales must enact legislation committing to 1.5 degree limit on warming

COP21 plenary session for the adoption of the Agreement

Greens MP Jan Barham has welcomed the adoption of strong goals to limit global warming at the United Nations conference in Paris and called on the NSW Government and other parties to support climate change legislation that has already been tabled in Parliament by the Greens.

“Premier Baird and Environment Minister Speakman can no longer sit on the sideline and avoid the issue of climate change. They need to take decisive, strong and transparent action,” Ms Barham said.

By: Jan Barham - In: Climate Change Bill,Climate News,Greens on Climate - 1 Comment