Extreme weather events are evidence of climate chaos due to climate change, the lobby group 350 Eurobodalla says.
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Spokesman Allan Rees said the group would host a "1.5 degrees forum" with Dr Mark Diesendorf on Sunday, March 3.
"Australia has had a shocking and unprecedented summer, extraordinary floods in Queensland, record heat across the country for January, an ongoing drought over much of the country, fish kills in the Darling River and huge bushfires in Tasmania in areas never before burnt," Mr Rees said.
"We are experiencing climate chaos as a result of the climate change that has already happened with 1 degree of global warming.
"Even if we can keep global warming to 1.5 degrees, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report predicts 70-90 per cent of coral reefs would die.
"We must keep global warming below 1.5 degrees as even that rise will have awful consequences."
Dr Diesendorf is the author of Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change.
"Dr Diesendorf is an Associate Professor at Environmental Studies at the University of NSW," Mr Rees said.
"Mark was the founding director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney and has written and presented on the need for action on climate change."
Mr Ress said 350 Eurobodalla wanted 100 per cent renewable electricity implemented "as fast as possible".
"We advocate for a fair transition that takes care of low-income people’s access to electricity at reasonable prices and looks after the coal communities as that source of power is phased out," he said.
The group said forestry practises and land clearing in the Eurobodalla must change to protect the climate and it also opposed Eurobodalla Shire Council's Rural Lands Strategy "because of the substantial forest clearing that would result if the NSW Government approves the plan".
"The forum will discuss action to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees and how we can affect the NSW elections to accelerate climate action," Mr Rees said.
