Monday, November 19, 2007

John Howard: "the world will not end tomorrow"

Great news! Our Prime Minister continues to sit on his hands.

CLIMATE CHANGE is a serious challenge, but the world will not end tomorrow because of it, says John Howard. It's so reassuring. Hope he's read the IPCC report. Perhaps it will make good retirement reading next week.

A sample from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

Table SPM.2. Examples of some projected regional impacts

Australia and New Zealand

• By 2020, significant loss of biodiversity is projected to occur in some ecologically rich sites including the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland Wet Tropics;

• By 2030, water security problems are projected to intensify in southern and eastern Australia and, in New Zealand, in Northland and some eastern regions;

• By 2030, production from agriculture and forestry is projected to decline over much of southern and eastern Australia, and over parts of eastern New Zealand, due to increased drought and fire. However, in New Zealand, initial benefits are projected in some other regions.;

• By 2050, ongoing coastal development and population growth in some areas of Australia and New Zealand are projected to exacerbate risks from sea level rise and increases in the severity and frequency of storms and coastal flooding.

Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
(16 November 2007)

Please visit the IPCC website for the full details. This is not time for blinkered sceptics like our PM!
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2 comments:

Phill said...

Kevin,
And of course John Howard is right!He is only to aware that global warming is still, in the scheme of things among his base, still a non issue.

In fact I know heaps of people myself who are not only sceptical about global warming,many believe it is a load of bullshit.This is what we the passionate are up against,the gred of people knows no bounds,and nothing must get in the way of the next plasma t.v.

I for one,am still not convinced Rudd is going to win Saturday,and should this be the case global warming will be the last of our problems.

Colin Campbell said...

Our glorious leader warned yesterday of this wrong thinking and the dangers of the Labor Green Axis changing the the direction of Australian society. Good!

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