Dear Prime Minister, In response to the ongoing 2019-2020 bushfires, this letter is a request for serious Australian climate action, written with support from all 21 Australian Rhodes Scholars currently resident at the University of Oxford.
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Across most political and social issues, the opinions of resident Rhodes Scholars are wide-ranging. But there’s one thing we uncompromisingly agree on: the need for prompt and drastic action to combat climate change globally and locally.
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To this end, we are deeply concerned that without prompt and drastic action, many more lives will be lost through increasingly frequent and brutal natural disasters, as well as due to other climate-related vulnerabilities. We are worried that inadequate action now will translate
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to irreparable damage to Australia’s land- and sea-scapes. In this scenario, it is foreseeable that Australia will lose its ability to support the abundance and variety of life which makes our country unique, and which all future Australians should be able to enjoy.
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We write this letter with a sense of humility; we know that climate action will involve difficult choices for your Government, and those to come. However, a significant body of scientific evidence suggests that the costs of inaction are too steep to ignore. We foresee a future in
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which one of our greatest tasks will be undoing the environmental harms of past generations and simultaneously piecing back together a desiccated agricultural sector. Without decisive policy to strengthen Australia’s role in limiting climate change today, the notion of a
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universally brighter future for the next generation is put at risk. Current setting of Australian climate policy inaction Prime Minister, given the obvious need for large-scale climate action, we are deeply concerned by your Government’s inadequate policy position on climate
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change. Each of us holds a respect for your office, your Government and our country, and it is this respect which has prompted us to take a stand. Historically, Australia has been seen as a global leader both for the environment and in primary industry. Our assiduous protection
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of bush, beaches and biodiversity enjoyed a global reputation. The food security provided by our farming communities was robust, the fruits of our nation exported globally. We boasted world-leading expertise in solar energy research and mobilised social concern for the climate
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