“I was, again, shocked” After three riveting shows tonight on the bushfires, I’m still reeling. Four Corners showed us what it felt like to be in the middle of those terrors and just what the people were feeling like. I found myself watching with my hand...
Category: Climate Policy
Anthea Harris – potential for a Victorian clean economy
“One of the country’s most experienced climate policy practitioners”. This how Frank Jotzo described Anthea Harris when lamenting the Abbott government’s spree of public servant sackings over carbon predicting her probable demise as the CEO of the...
Climate politics – Dr Ken Coghill
7pm for 7.30 pm start Guide Hall – Faversham Rd Canterbury Doing Climate Politics: Insights into Political Processes Guest speaker: Dr Ken Coghill Ken will lead a discussion of how politicians and political parties relate to the community on climate...
Community delegation to Canberra: “Don’t drop the ball on the climate laws!”
On June 19, the ACF organised a delegation of community representatives from each of the states to visit Canberra with the petition to hold onto the climate laws which had been signed by 235,000 people. We met with several politicians and left information related to...
Obama makes a strong stance on climate change; Why is the Bonn meeting important?
Two useful pieces of information: 1. A summary of the US stance on climate change as announced by Obama.This has been put together by the Climate Institute. 2. Laura Kelly from CANA adds some commentary about the Bonn meeting in June. Both of these issues need to be...
Lighter Footprints meets with Greg Hunt
Here is a report of the meeting held on June 7th in Josh Frydenberg’s office. Lighter Footprints meets with Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage. Eight members of Lighter Footprints met with Greg Hunt at Josh...