An Anglican bishop, an economics professor and a Nobel Peace Prize winner walk into a bar……and sit down to a vegetarian meal. It’s not a joke, but a reflection of the increasingly mainstream concept of becoming vegetarian or vegan, or significantly cutting down meat and dairy in your diet, for ecological and climate change reasons. [...]

Over 100 people had their photo taken on Saturday outside Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station, sending a message to Kevin Rudd that we want science based climate change policies, not trade-offs to the big polluters and vested interests, which is an accurate description of his current climate change policy proposals. This was part of the [...]

The last few weeks have seen an avalanche of climate science reports and it isn’t pretty. On current trends we are heading towards catastrophe within our own lifetimes. On Sunday a French scientist warned that 10% of the Arctic Ocean will be corrosively acidic by 2018, 50% by 2050 and 100% by 2100. This will [...]

A three-year study carried out by the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO has found that Victoria’s 13 year drought is actually a permanent climate shift linked to increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Strengthening high pressure systems are pushing rain bands further south, over the ocean rather than land, due to the [...]

Check out this excerpt from a 1958 documentary about climate change. Seems it’s old news.

A member of YCAN recently wrote to Lindsay Tanner, Federal Member for Melbourne, asking why his Government continues to rule out transitioning Australia to a 100% renewable energy economy even though they haven’t even explored it as an option. Below is Mr. Tanner’s response – a neat summary of the Rudd Government’s current ‘line’ on [...]

When the weather turns cold there’s nothing like snuggling up on the couch to watch some DVDs. So as part of our service to you, dear reader, here are some of our favourite videos doing the rounds at the moment. Wake Up, Freak Out, Get a Grip This brilliantly animated video is the best explanation [...]

The synthesis report from the March 2009 climate change conference has now been released. This is one of the most important publications since the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report in 2007. Click here to download a copy. The message from the world’s climate scientists couldn’t be clearer. The [...]

The view from the USA – this excellent article, published in the LA Times, gives a fascinating perspective on climate change in Australia, one we don’t usually get from within this country. (Los Angeles Times / Brian Vander Brug) Reporting from The Murray-Darling Basin, Australia — Frank Eddy pulled off his dusty boots and slid [...]

The following text is from a flyer that Yarra Climate Action Now has produced. For electronic or hard copies of the flyer contact us on YarraCAN@gmail.com. The world’s scientists are telling us that we are facing a climate emergency. We are running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, and need [...]