By Rich Bowden: Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia has refused to put his name to the non-binding Copenhagen climate accord agreed at key climate discussions held in the Danish capital last week. Pacific States have described the political agreement, which would aim to restrict global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, as inadequate. Tuvalu...
By Rich Bowden: The Australian Greens have said the 2010 federal election will be fought on the issue of climate change saying the country should now show world leadership in cutting carbon emissions after the failure of the Copenhagen climate talks. Leader of the Greens, Senator Bob Brown has criticised Prime Minister Rudd’s policy...
By Rich Bowden: Former Australian of the Year Prof Tim Flannery has praised a climate agreement reached by world leaders at Copenhagen and described Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s role in the key talks as “outstanding.” In a online statement from the Danish capital, author, leading climate scientist and commentator Prof Flannery, speaking on behalf...
By Rich Bowden: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told reporters that some agreement is still possible in key climate talks in Copenhagen despite major disagreements in over one hundred provisions. Despite a generally pessimistic view from world leaders as they fly in to Copenhagen for the culmination of nearly two weeks of acrimonious...
By Rich Bowden: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been accused of both lying to his people on climate change and of being one of the leaders of the move to destroying the Kyoto agreement. The inflammatory remarks were made by Lumumba Di-Aping, the chief negotiator at the Copenhagen climate talks who is negotiating...
By Rich Bowden: The Australian Government has been accused of cheating on its carbon emissions accounting at the Copenhagen climate summit by covering up large emissions from agriculture and forestry. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his team stand accused of selectively counting some agricultural activities such as more farm plantations to mitigate the country’s...
By Rich Bowden: As key climate talks in Copenhagen enters its second week, Australian Government climate adviser Ross Garnaut has said relocation of Pacific climate refugees was “inevitable.” Professor Garnaut, who conducted the Australian Government’s climate review, told Radio Australia that rising sea levels in the Pacific would inevitably force relocation of many low-lying...
By Kevin Rennie: With just over three weeks till key climate talks in Copenhagen, there is little optimism that a binding agreement will be reached. In Australia, Kevin Rudd’s Labor government has positioned itself uncomfortably in the middle of the national debate. Many of its supporters feel let down by what they see as...
