Listen to what Ian Dunlop had to say at the Engineers Australia climate action seminar held in conjunction with the Canberra finale of Steve Posselt’s kayak trek on 25 February 2017. Well worth 45 minutes of your time.
Ian Dunlop was an international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chairman of the Australian Coal Association and chief executive of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a member of the Club of Rome.
» See the full presentation on webcast.gigtv.com.au
“Community, institutional and corporate leadership, in its own self-interest, is essential, as politics will never lead on an issue this complex. Corporates, investors, the community and the professions need to take up these issues as a priority, given that, even today, they are fundamentally changing every policy arena”
Ian Dunlop – in his presentation at Engineers Australia’s Climate Action Seminar on 25 February 2017.
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“If we wait for catastrophe to happen, as we are doing, it will be too late to act. Time is the most important commodity; to avoid catastrophic outcomes requires emergency action to force the pace of change. Australia, along with the Asian regions to our north, is now considered to be “disaster alley”; we are already experiencing the most extreme impacts globally. In these circumstances, opening up a major new coal province is nothing less than a crime against humanity.”
~ Ian Dunlop
» Canberra Times – 18 May 2017:
This is not rhetoric: approving the Adani coal mine will kill people
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“Unless global warming is addressed on an emergency basis a healthy global environment and economy will not be possible. The climate and energy interaction means conventional economic growth cannot continue. On the other hand, the societal benefits, investment and commercial opportunities in creating the low-carbon economy are unprecedented.”
» Ian Dunlop’s Facebook profile
Numbers are still building towards the goal of 100,000 signatures on the Emergency Declaration petition, so please continue to encourage friends to sign online at www.climateemergencydeclaration.org/sign
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