Climate Change
Climate change, Kyoto, and carbon trading
Part 1: The Howard government and the Kyoto Protocol
By Patrick O’Connor and Alex Safari, Socialist Equality Party candidates for Grayndler and Kingsford Smith, November 7, 2007
The following is the first of a two-part series. Part 2 will be published tomorrow, Thursday November 8.
Reports show impact of climate change in Africa
By Barry Mason, July 18, 2007
A recent news item on Britain’s Independent Television News by Martin Geissler highlighted the impact of climate change on sub-Saharan Africa. He reported from Lesotho, a country of less than two mi...
G8 summit: Climate compromise masks mounting conflicts
By Peter Schwarz, June 9, 2007
The 3,500 reporters and photographers who travelled to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, have accomplished their assigned mission. The world has been inundated with reports of progress and idyll...
Climate change seen as “security threat” by UN Security Council, US military experts
By Naomi Spencer, April 24, 2007
On April 17, the United Nations Security Council held its first-ever discussion on climate change as a serious threat to security and future political stability. In addition to the 15 council member s...
Despite interference from US and other countries
Climate change report outlines dire impact of global warming
By Mark Rainer, April 10, 2007
On April 6, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Working Group II Summary for Policy Makers from its report on “Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.”
Congressional hearings detail political tampering in US climate research
By Naomi Spencer, March 22, 2007
Hearings resumed March 19 in the US Congress on charges of political interference in governmental climate research. The evidence and testimony further demonstrate the lengths the Bush administration, ...
The NSW state elections and the climate change debate
By Patrick O’Connor, SEP candidate for Marrickville, NSW (Australia), March 9, 2007
The following comment by Socialist Equality Party candidate Patrick O’Connor was distributed to a local candidates forum convened by the Climate Action Now group in Marrickville. O’Connor was one ...
Scientists report rampant political interference in climate research
By Naomi Spencer, February 5, 2007
As the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its urgent assessment Friday, providing alarming information about the advanced state of global warming, Washington immediately moved to down...
Australian television program highlights censorship of climate scientists
By Frank Gaglioti, April 17, 2006
An Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) program entitled “The Greenhouse Mafia”, which appeared in February on the “Four Corners” television series, highlighted the Australian government...
