Queensland Climate Movement

A string of protests erupted across the country in angry response to the Federal Government’s announcement on Monday that Australia would only cut its greenhouse gas emissions by between 5 and 15% by 2020. Rudd’s office was the target in Queensland, with successive actions over three days attempting to amplify the pressure on the Prime Minister to fulfil his election promise for leadership on climate change.

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This workshop was provided to organise actions around the Step In to Step It Up Campaign, happening across the country from December, 2008. More information on the the Step In Campaign is available from the website [http://stepitupaustralia.wordpress.com/]and you can download a copy of the Guide Book for Stepping In to plan your own campaign.

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Philip Sutton from the Greenleap Strategic Institute and Green Innovations presented a proposal for a Global Safe Climate Covenant at the Summit. The proposal is presented here for consideration and debate, courtesy of Philip.

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Humanity and all of life is facing a planetary emergency: the threat of runaway global warming. We call on communities and governments in every part of the world to take immediate action to reduce average global temperatures to safe levels in order to prevent the catastrophic collapse of ecosystems and human societies. It is time we made an emergency commitment to the reestablishment of a safe climate.

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In February, community climate action groups from across the continent are joining together for Australia’s Climate Action Summit in Canberra, the weekend before the first day of the 2009 Federal Parliament. Find out about the national summit here.

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