CATALYSTS FOR CLIMATE ACTION
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The biggest con is that we are safeguarding communities by holding on to fossil fuels – they are absolutely leaving them high and dry in the transition. Let’s make the 47th parliament the disruptor… it’s time to change the climate in Canberra. We need a roadmap to victory. To delivering. ZALI STEGGALL, Federal Member for Warringah
Australia would do well to follow Norway’s lead on electric vehicles… tax what you don’t want and incentivise what you want to encourage. AUDREY QUICKE of the Australia Institute
e face two existential threats: nuclear war and climate change. The W first duty of a responsible government is security for its people… being smart about energy is vital to our future. ADMIRAL CHRIS BARRIE AC, former Chief of the Australian Defence Force, addressing the SEC’s Emergency Pacific Climate Security Summit
Good climate policy as we know is good environmental policy for the cities and the regions. HRIS BOWEN (Minister for Climate Change and C Energy) addressing the Smart Energy conference
Renewable Energy Zones are modern day power stations, acting as a magnet for mammoth investment. ELICITY WILSON, Parliamentary Secretary to Matt Kean, NSW Minister for Energy F and Environment, addressing the Smart Energy conference
There’s a huge pipeline of green energy and industry projects – led by billionaires and equally deep pocketed international investors, encouraged by some smart state governments, even Coalition ones – that will likely dwarf those of the fossil fuel industry. And they will have longterm prospects, and benefits, both in terms of investment, economic gains and environmental improvements. And, of course, in jobs. GILES PARKINSON of RenewEconomy and recent inductee into Smart Energy Council’s Hall of Fame
Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels. UN Secretary-General ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
It is perverse that Australian governments continue to subsidise fossil fuel production and consumption while communities across the country are bearing the costs of disasters exacerbated by fossil fuel use. This is bad economics and even worse climate policy. We are witnessing Australia’s flood-stricken communities trying to pick up the pieces while fossil fuel interests are cashing in to the tune of over $22,000 a minute. ROD CAMPBELL, Research Director at the Australia Institute
Shifting power to the home is a bit like stocking the pantry. It’s a bastion of resilience that brings, into the home, essential resources to keep the lights on. KATHERINE McCONNELL of Brighte
