On this day, September 10, 2007, shiny declarations met grim reality.
“THE gap between doing something about climate change and talking about it was revealed yesterday. Before the ink was dry on the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum’s Sydney declaration on climate change calling for a boost in global energy efficiency, the NSW scheme designed to do just that was crashing.”
Wilkinson, M. 2007. Going global, crashing locally. Sydney Morning Herald, 11 September.
The NSW scheme was the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme. Tits on a bull, chocolate fireguard, whichever you prefer…
On this day the PPM was 381.2. Now it is 421ish- but see here for the latest.
Why this matters.
The good news of shiny declarations always wins out…
What happened next?
Marian Wilkinson wrote a book about “The Carbon Club”.