The Parsons Climate Report – 11SEP09

Below you will see the new centre left government in Japan has opted for a 25% target for emission reductions by 2020. No hedging with a target range, a clear statement for business to plan by. This is up from the centre rights 8% target.

The priority for the old parties has changed form playing ducks and drakes over who had the plan for the least impact on business as usual climate destruction to arguing over economic stimuli and school funding details.

The government, with the rejection of its health care reforms in the Senate has a double dissolution trigger for February, if it represents the bill. The trigger remains if it represents an amended CPRS/ETS set of bills with the changes it desires in the November sitting.

2 important bills, one a money bill and the other perceived as important make a pre 2010 budget election very likely. After all, one would not want to get the CPRS legislation through to find Health reform blocked again later.

Further its heartland stuff in health, a means test excluding the high income earners from government support for their private health care cover.

Forecast for Sydney this weekend is 27dC, enough temperature for another weekend of bushfires.

Drying associated with a shift in the climate in SE Australia began 15 years ago, according to the analysis of the data. Map included.

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And its bad news for deniers like Senator Fielding. The Arctic numbers are in and it’s going against the real cooling trend not the one of Steve’s political dreams.

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More buck needed for Kevin’s solar bang.

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Political wishes will not address actual climate instability.

This is a bit old hat, as though someone just woke up, but nevertheless the US military has war gamed climate instability and they are concerned abut the impact on national security.

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The super powers’ superpower won’t seem so super when it’s defeated by the consequences of those immutable laws interplaying with the stupid monkeys actions. It will be bad enough if we manage to limit the degree of instability, runaway to disaster will see the powers overwhelmed.

Bjorn Borg tells us that we don’t have the technological capacity to reduce our Carbon emissions sufficiently.

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But his suggestion to go back to the drawing board is also fraught with danger.

Japan has now decided under its new centre Government to go for a 25% emissions reduction target for 2020, up from the previous conservative Government’s 8%..

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Here you can read about the localized impacts of fooling with the weather and bags of cement. Mayor Gerrity of the West Coast will understand.

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And here more on shrinking glaciers.

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The record since 1948 as against the evidence of their static behaviour for thousands of years.

What is causing this, please tell us Senator Steve, no spelling test required.

The perfect storm has arisen with hurricane intensity linked to tornado numbers
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As hurricane intensity follows the modelled course [caused by warmer ocean surface temperatures] so inland the effects will be known before they are experienced.

In the meantime Victorians remain confused, welcoming warmer weather as beer and beach time whilst the Premier launches a new system of code warnings on dangerous fire days along with a plan to rebuild Marysville.