Considering climate change and combatting it

Students strike to protest Federal Government inaction on climate change

Radio National predicted this morning that 6000 students would strike and protest the government's inaction on climate change, but now, late on Friday, November 30, that number is reportedly 15 000,more than double that originally thought to be the high water mark.

The students took to the streets in Australia's state capitals, and many regional centres, directly contravening a "father-like" direction from the PM Scott Morrison that the students needed to stay at school and persist with their learning, rather than concerning themselves with matters that could be dealt with outside the schools.

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Australia's Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Matt Canavan, is, like his coalition counterparts ideologically blind to the reality that the Queensland bushfires and the New South Wales downpours and flooding are examples of climate change at work.

This manufactured ignorance of something nearly all the world's climate scientists, and nearly all other thinking people have absolutely no doubt about was front and centre on the same day the Mr Canavan announced that the Adani Carmichael mine and rail project was to go ahead, being self-funded by the Indian company.

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Minister sidesteps climate question and resorts to rhetoric

More from the "We Don't Have Time" webinar

The "We don't have time" webinar brought everything into perspective with good advice from the co-vice president of the Club  of Rome, Anders Wijkman, the founder of the "We stay on the ground" movement, Maya Rosen, and the executive officer of Scientists Warning, Stuart Scott.

Images  referred to be Stuart Scott can be found on the We Don't Have Time website.

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Launching the "We don't have time" movement

Ingmar Rentzhog founded the "We Don't Have Time" movement in response to the Earth's worsening climate system and a recent "no fly" conference featured a host of speakers, some in person and some who attended virtually, and among those who appeared in person was the co-vice president of the Club of Rome, Anders Wijkman who discussed the importance of addressing climate change.

The conference which was also the subject of a webinar that featured several firsts, including the official launch of the song, "We don't have time" that reflects the theme of the movement.

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Todd Dudley named 2018 Peter Rawlinson Conservation Award winner.