Rudd's recklessly inadequate greenhouse targets

I put this motion to the chamber but no other councillor raised their hand to second this motion. Thus no debate on these matters took place. The very real impacts of climate change at the local level remain unaddressed by Council.

Geraldine

To: Chief Executive OfficerPlease note that it is my intention to propose the following motion at the Ordinary Meeting of the Council to be held on Tuesday 27th January, 2009
Subject: Greenhouse Gas Targets

Motion
That Council write to Kevin Rudd outlining its disappointment in the greenhouse gas reduction targets as below.
Dear Prime Minister Rudd,
In 2007, you said you believed that climate change was "one of the greatest moral and economic challenges of our time".
Yet on Monday, 15th December 2008, you announced a greenhouse gas reduction target of just 5% below 2000 levels by 2020 for Australia - that is, 4% below 1990 levels.
Mr Rudd, 5% is unacceptable and dangerous.
A target range of 5-15% will spell the end of Australian icons like the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu and will place even greater stress on our already struggling Murray-Darling Basin.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has called for developed nations to reduce their emissions by between 25-40% below 1990 levels.
We are asking you to listen to the scientists and increase the target for Australia's emission reduction to 40%.
5% is not enough!