Initiatives, Opinion Polls and Viewpoints

Initiatives

Now it is generally accepted that carbon dioxide levels are damaging to the environment the key question is whether we do anything significant to reduce them in time to reduce the impact. Politicians are unable to act until the public recognise the severity of the situation. This section will trace the key initiatives on the road to winning the minds of the public.

350 demonstrations in 4000 locations 24/10/09

Gore Launches $300 million campaign

Billion Tree Campaign becomes 7 billion 18/05/08

Google Search for Green Energy 01/10/08

Reduce CO2 by 5 - 7 Gigatons by 2020 say think tank 01/07/09

$5 billion climate fund to support carbon trading 05/06/08

Google to boost green technologies

Millenium Seed Project Endangered 17/12/08

Wecansolvit - with a new advertising campaign 20/09/08

Richard Branson Prize of $25 million for best carbon capture ideas 07/02/07

Climate Modellers Conference 15/06/08

UK Office Supplies Company cuts carbon 50% 04/07/08

Opinions and Viewpoints

Public opinion in USA appears to be more motivated by securing energy supplies at home from shortages and foreign control rather than concern regarding the greenhouse gas levels and the resulting climate change. However things are changing more rapidly each year.

Some are still skeptical of the existance of human induced climate change or of any serious consequences. Please add these to the Skeptics Pages. Answers to the 26 most common objections are contained in a New Scientist Feature.

Skeptics are becoming rare beasts as the science becomes clearer but we should also listen to those who feel there are more important problems and who doubt our ethical responsibility.

In this section we invite you to report on the opinions which prevail among your friends, in your church and in your country.

Opinion Polls

1. US Understanding of Climate Change Wanes 24/10/09
2. World Votes for Climate Controls Chinese and US public included 05/12/08
3. USA Public Opinion Moves Ahead in both camps 23/09/08
4. 41% of British expect Carbon Police for UK by mid-century 20/06/08
5. UK Public Skeptical 2008 20/06/08
6. Most would pay higher bills worldwide to remedy climate change 06/11/07
7. US Companies Support Action
8. Public Opinion Doubts Liability November 2006

The Skeptics Pages

General Sources

1. Royal Society Scientists Publish UK Road Map 29/07/09
2. Green at 15 - US School Report 21/04/09
3. Hansen Letter to Obama 29/12/08
4. Counting the Right Numbers 18/01/09
5. World Watch Institute Warning 05/02/09
6. Cap and Trade or Carbon Tax 28/02/09
7. 350 org Takes Down Dirty Coal 02/03/09
8. Some doubts about Antactic Warming 22/01/09
9. Concentrating Solar, the comparison 19/08/08
10. Difficult to Decide on the Evidence for Climate Change 17/02/09
11. Deutsche Bank Climate Change Report 04/11/08
12. Coal and Nuclear Opinion 17/09/08
13. British Forces anticipate strain of climate change 24/01/08
14. African Overview June 2008
15. 7 Barriers to Public Understanding 15/02/08
16. Chinese Protest Pollution 14/10/08
17. Expect 190 billion cost says new book 07/03/08
18. Australian Drought by 2010 10/07/08
19. Flooding not always Climate Change in India 26/09/08
20. GE Invests in Renewables 14/03/08
21. Mortgage Future Generations 30/04/08
22. Mark Dowd's Address to the United Reform Church General Assembly 17/07/08
23. Hurricane Disputes 18/05/08
24. Currrent targets based on old science - Monbiot 04/12/07
25. Battle for the Arctic ? 01/03/08
26. Channel 4 Convert 23/07/08
27. Population Problems and answers 02/04/08
28. Population and feminism 16/05/08
29. Don't wait for the science says a leading professor in U.Texas 23/12/07
30. SPEECH BY AL GORE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE DECEMBER 10, 2007
31. Broader Perspective Needed September 2004
32. UN report offers bleak prospects and blames governments for inaction 30/10/07
33. Secretary General United Nations
34. Forest Preservation Dialogue 04/01/08
35. Bush Becoming Convinced
36. Corn Ethanol not the answer 01/01/08
37. Americans Start to Understand in Las Vegas 30/09/07
38. Playing Climate Change Poker 21/07/07
39. UK Rejecting Green Taxes 26/07/07
40. Economist Opinion
41. Industrial Response Growing USA
42. Poor US Media Coverage Danger 07/08/07
43. Polar Oil Danger 09/08/07
44. Capitol Hill
45. US Climate Politics Aug 07
46. Thailand Concerned 21/07/07
47. Sun's variations not the cause - Royal Society paper 11/07/07
48. Vatican says Christians must help the planet
49. British take little action
50. An Inconvenient Truth
51. New War on the Planet
52. Governments Must Act
53. Population Control
54. What do Polar Bears do during global warming?
55. Insulating Homes gives the greatest impact
56. National Weather Service Heads Quit because of Climate Change?
57. Chinese Opinion
58. American Association for Advancement of Science
59. UNESCO viewpoint
60. Bush left isolated as USA turns green
61. Even Bush Weakening ?
62. Get ready to suffer 01/10/06
63. Norway Invites US Senators
64. The Middle Way
65. Monbiot more honest than Gore ?
66. Is it Nerdy to Care ?
67. PRAGUE viewpoint
68. Cut backs not enough
69. Climate March 04/11/2006
70. Need Action Now
71. Motivation
72. Junkscience
73. Japanese Concern
74. Dangerous Opinion
75. Discussion of symptoms
76. No political will
77. Australian Green
78. A US Senator's Warning
79. Crafted Reports
80. Market Rule - Mortal Danger
81. Oil Funded Opinion
82. US awareness
83. Tyndall Report
84. Stern Report Inadequate
85. Renewables projection USA

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