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.

Gore Launches $300 million campaign
Billion Tree Campaign becomes 7 billion 18/05/08
$5 billion climate fund to support carbon trading 05/06/08
Google to boost green technologies
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. 41% of British expect Carbon Police for UK by mid-century 20/06/08
  2. UK Public Skeptical 2008 20/06/08
  3. Most would pay higher bills worldwide to remedy climate change 06/11/07
  4. US Companies Support Action
  5. Public Opinion Doubts Liability November 2006

General Sources

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

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