Monthly Archives: September 2008

Garnaut: a victim of complacency and sleight-of-hand

Posted on 16 September 2008 by Peter Boyer

Ross Garnaut’s review of climate options for Australia has been handicapped from the start by successive governments’ failure to give climate change policy the pre-eminence it deserves. Continue reading →

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For some, climate change means losing everything

Posted on 9 September 2008 by Peter Boyer

There is a moral imperative that in addressing the impact of climate change we heed the messages from islands and other needy countries threatened by rising seas. Continue reading →

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Getting real, getting physical

Posted on 2 September 2008 by Peter Boyer

In the climate challenge, social contact is important, but the only real progress is physical action. Continue reading →

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