Red, Griffith University's biannual magazine, featured an article on the verdict of Green Cross Australia's National People's Assembly, and the danger that faces island nations in our region.

 

"We live in an interesting time.

 

Daily, we hear dire warnings of global food shortages, climate change and the end of cheap oil.

 

You could be forgiven for becoming a little blasé about the latest end-is-night prophesy slashed across the front page of the country's newspapers.

 

But what if these doom-sayers are right and what if the end really is nigh?

 

The European Community has labelled a 2 degrees Celsius change in global temperatures enough to bring about 'dangerous climate change'.

 

According to Professor Jean Palutikof, Director of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) housed at Griffith University, an increase of 1.4 degrees Celsius in inevitable even if we all froze our greenhouse emitting activities right now.

 

The reality of course is that we won't and so temperatures are likely to be much higher."

 

Read the full article in the Resources section.

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