An Open Letter To the Next Parliament of Australia

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising, moving the country further away from its Paris Agreement obligations. Whichever party wins government on Saturday, urgent action on climate change must be a top priority for the 46th Parliament of Australia.

— AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE CLIMATE & ENERGY PROGRAM — RESEARCH SHOWS Australia Institute The consequences Meeting our Paris Target? research shows current of climate change Greenhouse Gas Emissions emission reduction are already upon us; (excl. LULUCF) targets are incompatible including harsher and with the goal of the 2015 more frequent extreme Paris Agreement that weather, destruction aims to hold the rise of natural ecosystems, in global temperature severe property damage to 1.5°C and no more and a worldwide threat than 2.0°C above to human health. pre-industrial levels.

The solutions are all available to address climate change, all that is missing is the political will.

Professor Peter Doherty AC Professor Fiona Stanley AC FAA FASSA FAAHMS Dr Sue Wareham OAM Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 1996; Australian of the Year Australian of the Year 2003; Patron, Telethon Kids Institute; Co-founder, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear 1997; Laureate Professor Distinguished Research Professor, The University of Western Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize 2017; President, Medical Australia; Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Melbourne Association for Prevention of War (Australia) Professor Lesley Hughes Distinguished Professor of Biology, Macquarie University; Professor Ian Lowe AO Professor Carmen Lawrence Climate Council Councillor Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Faculty of Science, School of Psychological Science, Griffith University The University of Western Australia; former Premier of Western Associate Professor Tilman Ruff AM FRACP Australia Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Professor Andrew Pitman AO Global Health, University of Melbourne University of New South Wales; 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