Now you have the chance to measure your governments performance on this matter.

Are they setting in place measures to keep the growth in emissions to below 450ppmv CO2, ie making an immediate cut and following it with more cuts.

No.

Well they must be trying to kill you, your significant others [the family] and your descendents.

Strange isn’t it a government program of ecocide and genocide combined, funded by the taxpayer. An attack on what they supposedly hold sacred, human life.

All gone about calmly with the niceties of parliament and what passes for debate in the community through the media.

The PM smiling and handing out little gifts to greene energy whilst ensuring fossil fuel burning and forest destruction continue with business as usual.

The CFMEU and the Austrlaian Industry Group cannot believe any of the science or they would be demanding a program of real change.

Everything anyone has worked to achieve is set to suffer the death of zillion molecules, cooked by a combination of 2 gases [CO2 & CH4] released in huge amounts because of our own greed.

Stupid stupid stupid extinct monkey don’t say you weren’t warned.

Well, Phill, we are living in The Age of Stupid!

As always, the economy comes first, saving the world second.

The aim is to see that we all go to hell rich!

December 22, 2008
NASA scientist warns of runaway global warming
Here’s a prediction to take note of: there will be an unambiguous new global temperature record during the first term of the Obama administration.

This prediction comes from leading climate scientist James Hansen of NASA. He made it in response to a question from a member of the audience during a lecture to the American Geophysical Union on 17 December.

The prediction comes at a time when there has been much discussion of average annual global temperatures, and just how hot or cool 2008 really was.

As you will no doubt see from the comments, Hansen is a hate figure for the “can’t deal with reality” brigade, the deniers who are shutting their eyes, sticking their fingers in their ears and yelling “It’s getting cooler!”.

It’s a bold and simple prediction, but I’m not sure how helpful it is. Making short-term forecasts is much harder than making long-term ones, and there are some climate researchers who think cyclic changes in the oceans will mask the underlying warming trend for the next five years or so.

What’s more, a big volcanic eruption would cause a sharp but temporary dip in temperatures.

If Hansen is right - as he has been before - the deniers will continue to find reasons to persuade themselves it’s not true. An ever-popular one is that global warming is all a conspiracy to impose a global government on the world.

More at: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/12/nasa-scientist-warns-of-runawa.html

Coral reefs have emerged as one of the ecosystems most vulnerable to climate variation and change

‘The conservation status of 845 zooxanthellate reef-building coral species was assessed by using International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Criteria. Of the 704 species that could be assigned conservation status, 32.8% are in categories with elevated risk of extinction.
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The proportion of corals threatened with extinction has increased dramatically in recent decades and exceeds that of most terrestrial groups.

Our results emphasize the widespread plight of coral reefs and the urgent need to enact conservation measures.’
From: Carpenter, K.E. et al. One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts. Science 321(5888): 560-563, 2008.

More at: (open, public access) In Hot Water: Global Warming Takes a Toll on Coral Reefs. Charles W Schmidt. Environmental Health Perspectives. Jul 2008. 116:7,
p. A292 http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/116-7/EHP116pa292PDF.PDF (6 MB - 8 pages)

‘Coral reefs have emerged as one of the ecosystems most vulnerable to climate variation and change. While the contribution of a warming climate to the loss of live coral cover has been well documented across large spatial and temporal scales, the associated effects on fish have not ...we show that changes in the size structure, diversity and trophic composition of the reef fish community have followed coral declines.’
From: (open, public, access) http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0003039 (300 KB - 9 pages)