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 considered the role and prospects for the establishment of a safe climate coalition in Queensland. It used two proposals circulated at the summit as the basis for the discussion, the Proposal for a Safe Climate Coalition and the Proposal for a Global Safe Climate Covenant.

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The following is an open letter written by Graeme Taylor of bestfutures.org which was circulated at the Summit. Grame Taylor is the author of Evolution’s Edge: The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World. The letter is reproduced here courtesy of Graeme for distribution.

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On the evaluation forms for the summit, people were asked to suggest what influenced their decision to come to the summit. Three key themes emerged from this, highlighting the role of personal connections and relationships in sustaining the Queensland Climate Movement.

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