Comments on: A word from Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision Australia http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/05/a-word-from-tim-costello-ceo-of-world-vision-australia/ tracking climate negotiators on the road to Copenhagen Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:33:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: carol brock http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/05/a-word-from-tim-costello-ceo-of-world-vision-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-15728 carol brock Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:09:03 +0000 http://adoptanegotiator.org/?p=4846#comment-15728 Are you kidding me? I have been trying to donate all day. I want to donate once off. Not to commit for eternity. It's not about you guys. Where can I give money Are you kidding me? I have been trying to donate all day. I want to donate once off. Not to commit for eternity. It’s not about you guys. Where can I give money

]]> By: carol brock http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/05/a-word-from-tim-costello-ceo-of-world-vision-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-15726 carol brock Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:06:52 +0000 http://adoptanegotiator.org/?p=4846#comment-15726 Are you kidding me? I have been trying to donate all day. I want to donate once off. Not to commit for eternity. It's not about you guys. Where can I give money th Are you kidding me? I have been trying to donate all day. I want to donate once off. Not to commit for eternity. It’s not about you guys. Where can I give money th

]]> By: Jessie Wells http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/05/a-word-from-tim-costello-ceo-of-world-vision-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-3185 Jessie Wells Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:41:15 +0000 http://adoptanegotiator.org/?p=4846#comment-3185 What extents of climate change does the Australian Government see as 'dangerous' or 'acceptable'? Many times we have heard the aim of limiting warming to less than 2C. Is the Australian Government willing to acknowledge that emissions targets of 4-24% and a stabilisation target of 450ppm CO2-e have a very LOW probability of limiting warming to 2C ? (According to research published by our own Dept. of Climate Change, W. Steffen 2009, among other studies, showing that the most probable temperature outcome at 450ppm is 4C) Will the Australian Government please either 1. announce that we will listen to the science and to the voices of people who are suffering around the world, and accept the need for targets commensurate with their message, or 2) say honestly that we have given up? There is an essential chain of reasoning to go from identifying acceptable extents of change (or risks), to indicators like temperature rise, to stabilisation levels of CO2-e, to Australia's contribution to emissions reductions. Can Australia state openly its starting point or any of the links that follow? What extents of climate change does the Australian Government see as ‘dangerous’ or ‘acceptable’?

Many times we have heard the aim of limiting warming to less than 2C.

Is the Australian Government willing to acknowledge that emissions targets of 4-24% and a stabilisation target of 450ppm CO2-e have a very LOW probability of limiting warming to 2C ?

(According to research published by our own Dept. of Climate Change, W. Steffen 2009, among other studies, showing that the most probable temperature outcome at 450ppm is 4C)

Will the Australian Government please either
1. announce that we will listen to the science and to the voices of people who are suffering around the world,
and accept the need for targets commensurate with their message,

or

2) say honestly that we have given up?

There is an essential chain of reasoning to go from identifying acceptable extents of change (or risks), to indicators like temperature rise, to stabilisation levels of CO2-e, to Australia’s contribution to emissions reductions.

Can Australia state openly its starting point or any of the links that follow?

]]>