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Joint Statement to Prime Minister about CPRS amendments

Have your say on the Federal Government's recently announced CPRS amendments.

The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has coordinated the sign on of key environmental and community groups to a joint statement to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd expressing our serious concerns about the 2020 emissions reduction target, the influence of the carbon pollution lobby and the fundamental flaws of the CPRS.

Please join us in letting the Federal Government know the community demands real action, not token efforts, to secure Australia's climate future.
Sign on to the Joint Statement to Prime Minister Rudd here .

5 May, 2009

Joint Statement to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme amendments

Dear Prime Minister,

We, the undersigned, are dismayed and alarmed by the Australian Government’s move to further weaken an already inadequate Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Our serious reservations about the original scheme have not been addressed and we cannot in good conscience support amendments which make further concessions to the carbon pollution lobby.

The new 2020 emissions reduction target is disingenuous and still too low.
- The only target to which the Australian Government has committed is an unacceptable 5% emissions reduction that will guarantee catastrophic climate change.
- The maximum 25% target is one that, if applied globally, would lead to at least 2 degrees warming and the loss of the Great Barrier Reef.
- Further the conditions attached to the maximum target, coming from the world’s largest per capita greenhouse polluter, seriously undermine Australia’s credibility in claiming to support a strong global agreement on climate change.

The only real winner from the amendments is the carbon pollution lobby, which will receive more free permits and a very low maximum carbon price of $10/tonne.

The amendments failed to address the fundamental flaws of the scheme, including that:
- Unlimited trading of permits on the international market means that all emissions reductions can be outsourced to other countries.
- Individuals that voluntarily reduce emissions face personal costs to ensure their efforts do not free up permits for polluters.

It is too late for token efforts that will not avert dangerous climate change. Now is the time both to ensure a safe climate future and provide a renewable energy-powered stimulus to the Australian economy. At a time of economic and climate crisis, clean energy jobs provide a strong and sensible way forward.

We call on the Australian Government to send the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme back to the drawing board, and urgently deliver a real strategy to reduce emissions and create green jobs.

Signed:

Cate Faehrmann Executive Director Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Damien Lawson National Climate Justice Coordinator Friends of the Earth Australia	John Hepburn Co-ordinator Climate & Energy Campaign Greenpeace Australia
Julie Pettett CEO Conservation Council SA	Dr Phill Pullinger Convenor Environment Tasmania	Simon Sheikh National Director GetUp
Toby Hutcheon Executive Director Queensland Conservation Council	Virginia Young National Forest Campaigner The Wilderness Society	Piers Verstegen Director Conservation Council of Western Australia
John Hibberd Executive Director Conservation Council ACT Region	Ingrid Neilson Acting National Director Australian Marine Conservation Society	Keith Muir Director The Colong Foundation for Wilderness
Sultan Aytacli Marine Projects Officer Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Bev Smiles Chairperson Mudgee District Environment Group	Lindsay Soutar
Cameron Tampion	Duroyan Fertl	Bill Jarvis
Lucy Macken Member Climate Change Balmain-Rozelle	Jonathan Boys Outreach Coordinator Nature Conservation Council of NSW	Chloe Evans
Holly Creenaune Climate Justice campaigner Friends of the Earth Sydney	Claire deLacey & Steve Chamberlain Partners Bangalay Botanical Surveys	Paul Burns Co-Convenor Socialist Alliance, New England
Acacia Rose Chair Jindabyne Clean Energy for Eternity	John Wiggin	Raymond Kennedy
Deborah Hart Campaigner LIVE (Locals Into Victoria\'s Environment)	Martin O\'Reilly President Blacktown and District Environment Group	Robyn Francis President Erda Institute Inc Djanbung Gardens Permaculture
Lyndsay Holme Blue Mountains Resident	Roslyn Woodward Co-ordinator Yamba CAN (Climate Action Network)	Nicole Haggerty
Barry Tomkinson President STEP Inc	Geraldine Mitchell Cooking Instructor	Ben Birt Marine Campaigner Nature Conservation Council of NSW
Rod Wenink	Melian Fertl	Karen Sawyer
Jeff Poole Co-founder Bellis, Brisbane\'s Sustainable House and Garden	Jocelyn Hulme	David White National Environment Coordinator Socialist Alliance
Jacqui Keats President Great Lakes Environment Association	Joe A Friend Director Camphor laurel Research Centre	Leigh Hughes Co-convenor Climate Action Canberra
Adam Friend Researcher Friends of the Richmond River	Jim Morrison Public Officer PACTEC Inc	Stuart Munckton & Emma Murphy Co-editors Green Left Weekly
Ray Cox Vice President Curl Curl Lagoon Friends Inc;	Leslie Jacobi Treasurer Lake Macquarie Coastal & Wetlands Alliance	Cilla Kinross Chair Central West Environment Council
Jaden Harris	Lyndal Spear	Jenny Kent
Annolies Truman Convenor Hills Climate Action Group	Bill Tibben Secretary ParraCAN (Parramatta Climate Action Network)	Trade Unionists Climate Action Network Sydney
Carly Hood Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Wagga Wagga City Council	Ben Henley Member Climate Action Newcastle	Carmel Summers Australian citizen
Mike Doyle	Harold Willaby	Caroline Graham
Adj Prof Anne Benjamin President Toongabbie Legal Centre Inc	Stephen Allen Member Bellingen Environment Centre	Megan Kessler Member ParraCAN (Parramatta Climate Action Network)
Lesley Hails	Tony Phelps	Ken McBride
James Goodman University lecturer UTS	Bill Tibben Secretary ParraCAN (Parramatta Climate Action Network)	James Rose Queer Rights Coordinator Socialist Alliance, Wollongong
Richard Smith	James Arvanitakis	Craig Linn
Amanda Linn	Nicole Rankin	Julia Woinarski
Anne Goddard Founder http://globalclimatechangeacton.org	Damon Baker President Friends of South West Rocks Inc.	Dr R Mason President Hornsby Conservation Society Inc
Janet Mayer Environmental philosopher Wodi Wodi Foxground NSW	Rory Eames Vice-chair Nature and Society Forum	Stephen Filewood Secretary The Ulitarra Conservations Society
Tanya George Coordinator Bombbo headland landcare group	Doug Williamson Secretary Parramatta Greens	Sanna Lazar student University of Western Sydney
Suzanne Taylor Blue Mountains concerned resident	John Kaye Greens NSW MP	Lee Rhiannon Greens NSW MP
Daniel Taylor	Bruce McIntosh	Daniel Trevor
Sanna Lazar student University of Western sydney	Jean Lopez Teacher/Volunteer Blacktown Youth College	Rudolf Holwerda Concerned community member
Oliver Brown Archaeologist	Jo Spangaro Ryde Gladesville Climate Change Action Group	Kris Spike NSW Branch President Sustainable Population Austral
Lorraine Findlay member Ryde Gladesvile Climate Change Action Group	Allan Brown Laboratory Technician Queensland University of Technology	Yvonne McIntosh Managing Director Life Leaders International Pty ltd
Angela Gleeson Secretary Lake Macquarie Coastal & Wetlands Alliance	Alex Bainbridge Coalition for a Safe Climate Perth WA	Phil Bradley and Annie Nielsen Members ParraCAN
Brigid Dowsett	Sabina Groeneveld	John Woods
Linda Eisler Local Government Councillor City of Canterbury	Lara Daley Director AID/WATCH	Paul Hick Teacher TAFE
Juliet Dingle	Hayley Moore	Stephanie Bowden
Fida Al Haddad student	Emily Moore Environment Officer	David Gill Concerned individual
Chris Davies Key grip Flying gecko	Christina Kirsch Greens Councillor Warringah Council	Linley Golat Minimal impact bush regeneration
Frances Egan Global citizen	Kelly Ward Student	Stuart Ridgway pensioner
Hrimnir Benediktsson Secretary South West Environment Centre		Michelle Barnes

Add your name to the growing list of environment organisations, community groups and individuals signing this joint statement and expressing their concerns about the CPRS amendments.

Read the CPRS: delays, deals and dud targets article here .

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