To say there’s an abundance of material and book after book to reject man- made climate change, and thousands of critiques of the IPCC is false.

Geochemist James Powell recently reviewed 25,182 peer-reviewed articles. He found only 26 rejected climate change caused by human activity, with none offering any alternative explanation for increasing global temperatures.

The Climate Commission was not discredited but shut down by Tony Abbott so the public would no longer have access to their research and reports.

However, due to overwhelming support from the public, money was raised through public donations, enough that the Climate Commission has been able to continue their work as the Climate Council.

You’re right, the economy is a priority; individuals and business depend on it. But so is the environment that we live in, without which the economy will be worthless.

Severe weather is already costing the economy, with damage to transport infrastructure and agriculture, hindering regular economic growth. Heatwaves are impacting on death rates. Professor Fiona Stanley said recently “as doctors we are already seeing impacts of climate change on health”.

Emergency services at the front line during natural disasters say “we understand that scientists are telling us very clearly, with the effects of climate change these events are likely to be more extreme and more frequent”.

Scientists say that to stabilise the climate this century most of the available fossil fuels cannot be burned. Yet the fossil fuel industry continues to fund climate change denial and manufacture doubt, allied with Tony Abbott and his government who continue to play down links between extreme weather events and climate change, right wing think tanks and powerful media interests.

Maureen Searson

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