‘Climate and Capitalism’ Editor Tours Australia
April 1, 2009
For the next two weeks your intrepid editor will be in Australia, speaking and learning about the ecosocialist and climate action movement there. I hope to meet Australian activists at the meetings listed below.
Friday April 3: Perth
6.30pm. Resistance Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, East Perth (near McIver Station). Organised by the Socialist Alliance.
Sunday April 5: Adelaide
3pm Adelaide South West Community Centre, 171 Sturt St. Initiated Green Left Weekly and Eco-socialist Convergence. Supported by CLEAN – Climate Emergency Action Network. Ph
Monday April 6: Melbourne
7pm Climate Action Centre, lvl 5, New Building, Victorian Trades Hall Council, cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts, Carlton South. Organised by Green Left Weekly.
Tuesday April 7: Melbourne
1pm. Melbourbe University. Cussonia Court Rm 2 (Old Quad Blg). Sponsored by Resistance.
Wednesday April 8: Hobart
7pm. Dechaineaux Theatre, Arts School, Uni of Tasmania, Hunter St. Organised by Green Left Weekly.
Friday-Sunday, April 10-12: Sydney
“World at a Crossroads: Fighting for Socialism in the 1st Century.” See http://www.worldatacrossroads.org/ for details, including full agenda.
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Come to Canberra, meet the Canberra Climate Change Action Group.
Between 1990 to 2006, GHG emissions in Australia went up 30%. During that period Australia’s population level went up 30%.
See the correlation? There is no climate change without climate changers.
Tim Murray,
Vice Presiden
Biodiversity First
Canada
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Not sure where you got your figures from Tim.
Australia’s total emissions in 1990 was 552.6 Mt of CO2 equivalent.
In 2006 (the latest inventory year) Australia’s emissions had risen to 576.0 Mt.
That’s not a 30% change.
These figures are from the Australian government’s department of climate change http://www.climatechange.gov.au/inventory/
Of course, these figures are dodgy given they cover up a far greater increase in emissions form stationary energy, transport, etc. The decline in land clearing – a major contributor to Aust emissions accounts for the discrepancy.
However, if you want to draw a direct correlation between population and GHG emissions then how can you explain these figures.
The Greenhouse Indicator Report was released by the Climate Group on January 13 – it only measured emissions from stationary energy in the eastern states of Australia, thereby discounting the emissions from agriculture, transport etc.
Since 1990 NSW’s emissions have grown by 30%, Victoria by 32%. Queensland increased by a huge 116% – far outstripping population growth.
You say – “There is no climate change without climate changers”. Sure. But who are the climate changers? If you say the whole population in general then you are taking a radically wrong position and are getting cause and effect the wrong way around completely.
It means blaming the victims of climate change rather than the culprits.
The real “population problem” we face is small number of powerful people who make the decisions to keep, for instance, Australia’s polluting industries going with massive govt subsidies.
An essential part of dealing with climate change is removing this elite part of the “population” from decision making power.
Simon b
Sydney, Australia