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Climate Change is arguably the biggest environmental challenge of our time. In the last year, it has captured the public imagination in a way that few environmentalists thought possible. Tim Flannery’s book The Weather Makers, Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth, reports from the IPCC and Sir Nicholas Stern’s review of the economic impacts of ignoring the challenge have all contributed to massive public concern about climate change.

The Western Port Greenhouse Alliance is just one of the many responses to this challenge. Please look over our website, read the Latest Emissions, find out more about the science of climate change and think about the things that you can do. Look at our projects, ask for further information and make suggestions to us for further responses about this enormous challenge.

Impacts of climate change on settlements in the Western Port Region
Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Report

The report People, Property and Places set out the likely impacts from climate change that we could expect around Western Port. We have now completed Risks and Adaptations Workshops with council and agency staff to work out the best ways to respond to these impacts. For the full report, please click on the Climate Change Risks and Adaptation Report and see what we have come up with. The Executive Summary at Risks and Adaptation ES will give you the flavour.

People, Property and Places
Impacts of climate change on settlements in the Western Port Region

CSIRO have crunched their numbers, Marsden Jacob Associates have analysed their data and the WPGA has joined their councils in the discussion. What might climate change mean for the Western Port region? How might this affect people? What can local government do in responding to climate change? Click on the link to see the report People, Property and Places.

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Things you can do

Want to do something to help stop global warming? Here are 10 simple things you can do and how much carbon dioxide you'll save by doing them.

1. Be part of the solution
Learn more and get active at www.climatecrisis.net

2. Turn off electrical devices
Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo and computer when you''re not using them will save you thousands of kilograms of carbon dioxide a year.

3. Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one tonne of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

4. Move your thermostat down 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer.
You could save about 900kg of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.

 

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News - Latest Emissions

The Oz and their favorite sceptics are still at (Added 6-1-2009)
The Australian is confused and confusing on climate change. Have a look at these two articles. There is appearing some recognition that weather and climate are different things however.
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A Green Loan can bring a ''Carbon Cop'' to your home (Added 5-1-2009)
Here are details of a program to help you reduce your housdehold emissions - and reduce your bills. For both reasons this is a good idea!
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