Climate Code Red

"Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action" is a 2008 book, published by Scribe Publications [www.scribepublications.com.au/book/climatecodered] , which presents scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues that we are facing a "sustainability emergency" that requires a clear break from business-as-usual politics. The authors explain that emergency action to address climate change is not so much a radical idea as an indispensable course we must embark upon. [ [http://www.climatecodered.net/book.html Code Red: The Book] ] "Climate Code Red" draws heavily on the work of a large number of climate scientists, including James Hansen [ [http://www.climatecodered.net/index.html The Hansen Challenge] ] .

These are the key themes of "Climate Code Red":
*"Our goal is a safe-climate future – we have no right to bargain away species or human lives."
*"We are facing rapid warming impacts: the danger is immediate, not just in the future."
*"For a safe climate future, we must take action now to stop emissions and to cool the earth."
*"Plan a large-scale transition to a post-carbon economy and society."
*"Recognise a climate and sustainability emergency, because we need to move at a pace far beyond business and politics as usual". [ [http://www.climatecodered.net/themes.html Key themes] ]

Co-author David Spratt is a Melbourne businessman, climate-policy analyst, and co-founder of the Carbon Equity network. Co-author Philip Sutton is convener of the Greenleap Strategic Institute and Assistant Convenor of the Climate Emergency Network. [ [http://www.abbeys.com.au/items.asp?id=124271 Climate Code Red: the Case for Emergency Action] ]

The book was launched by the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser in Parliament House in Melbourne, Victoria, on July 17, 2008. [ [http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/Climate_code_red Climate code red] , Greenlivingpedia]

ee also

*Greenleap Strategic Institute
*Mitigation of global warming in Australia

References

External Links

* [http://www.theage.com.au/environment/code-red-climate-skating-on-thin-ice-authors-say-20080717-3gxq.html Code red: Climate skating on thin ice, authors say]
* [http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=EC144p12.pdf Progress]