Climate Change Issues
Draft Garnaut Report Released
The draft report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review can be downloaded by clicking here. It backs the inclusion of transport in carbon emissions trading scheme.
The Draft Report generally does not make recommendations, although the tendency of policy analysis is clear. It is closest to recommendations on the design features of the emissions trading scheme, which require business and community discussion of the issues before the completion of the Final Report.
Garnaut Review Website, http://wwww.garnautreview.org.au/CA25734E0016A131/pages/draft-report
Food Security & Climate Change
Over 270 faith based organizations signed a statement to the High-Level Conference On World Food Security And The Challenges Of Climate Change And Bioenergy held in Rome 3-5 June 2008. Click here for the statement.
Every faith tradition invites us both to feed the hungry and care for our environment and its myriad life forms. As people of faith, we recognize the moral imperative without exception to change our lifestyle in keeping with the carrying capacity of the earth and the protection of its climate. We also recognize the need to ensure that policies enacted by elected representatives and relevant international organizations contribute to an improved quality of life for every human person, each made in the image and likeness of God, and to the sustainability of ecosystems on which every living creature depends.
http://www.jpicpassionist.org/English/DeclarationEng.htm
