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South East Queensland's link to sustainability groups, services and resources
Sustainability SEQ Home - Climate Change - Elements in Society linked to Climate Change
Elements in Society linked to Climate Change
Information describing how human society is linked to the causes of Climate Change.Links categorised by region...
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Section of the Department of Energy and Mines website, stating that 88% of Queensland’s energy supply is produced by coal or other fossil fuels power stations. Navigational links to Energy Policy, Fact Sheets, and Energy Report Cards. Subcategories available on Electricity, Gas, Sustainable Energy, and Energy Efficiency.
http://www.energy.qld.gov.au/energy_in_queensland.cfm
Speech notes of the Chief Executive Michael Roche of the Queensland Resource Council, held to representatives of the government on the 10th Queensland Power Conference in Brisbane, October 2006. Statements about, but not limited to, the economic importance of the mining industry, future energy demands, responses of the industry to climate change.
http://www.qrc.org.au/_dbase_upl/Qld%20Power%20Conf__30Oct06.pdf
Report of The Australian Greenhouse Office (Australian Government's Department of the Environment and Water Resources) on Australia’s and Queensland’s greenhouse gas emissions and origin. It also provides a link to state and territory greenhouse gas inventories.
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/sustainability/
climate_change_and_greenhouse/greenhouse_gas_emissions/
Section of the Queensland Transport website featuring the Queensland government’s actions and what you can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Link to Environmental links, providing navigational links to organisations and institutions.
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/General_information/
Environment/Greenhouse_gas_emissions/
Section of the Australian Conservation Foundation featuring information around the topic. Subcategory like Climate change and you, Solutions, and Climate change targets discuss effects, strategies and Australia’s contribution. Navigational links to related topics like Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy, Going Carbon Neutral, other organisations.
http://www.acfonline.org.au/default.asp?section_id=6
GreenPower is a national accreditation program that sets stringent environmental and reporting standards for renewable energy products. Section of the GreenPower website explaining the following questions: What is global warming, How does standard electricity generation affect global warming, and What are the predicted impacts of global warming?
http://www.greenpower.gov.au/pages/Facts-Faqs.php#global
Section of the Green Left website featuring an article about the controversial debate on human influence on climate change and why it has taken so long to accept the facts about global warming. Green Left Weekly is Australia’s leading radical newspaper. Links to related web sites and articles.
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/697/36206
Question and Answer section of 1° website, presenting many answers to questions on climate change, carbon dioxide and global warming and how people are linked to it. Other links to information on the indirect connection between climate change and people can be found throughout the site, including details in the What You Can Do, What we are Doing, and Latest News categories.
http://www.1degree.net.au/resources/qa
A search Climate Change related topics in the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas website. Several articles in this one web-page list featuring Climate Change and its link to oil. Major sections of this website covering quality text and articles include News and Articles, Media, and Select Reading. The ASPO is an organisation dealing with reducing Australia’s oil vulnerability.
http://www.aspo-australia.org.au/index.php?searchword
=climate+change&option=com_search&Itemid=5
What is causing the rainfall declines over Southern Australia – Ozone, climate variability or climate change?
PDF Article prepared by CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) for the Australian Greenhouse Office, bringing another aspect to the rainfall declines over Southern Australia. The article features five references at the end.
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/science/hottopics/pubs/topic9.pdf
Section of the US Global Change Research Information Office website featuring research results of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) about humans influence on climate change. Links to related site about what human activities contribute to climate change.
http://www.gcrio.org/ipcc/qa/03.html
Climate Change section of the Optimum Population Trust website, displaying indepth the link between Climate Change, global warming, and the world’s overpopulation. There is also a focus on the United Kingdom. A large list of websites with information on Climate Change is also included within the page.
http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.more.climate.html
Section of the UN (United Nations) homepage, referring to the latest report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Links to IPCC, WMO (World Meteorological Organisation), United Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21429&
Cr=climate&Cr1=change
Section of the greenhouse gas online website gives information on the effect of human activity on climate change. The web page provides a link to the homepage of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
http://www.ghgonline.org/humaninfluence.htm