Cancún climate change summit: Talk is cheap for big business | John Sauven | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Firstly, we must remain steadfast in defending the climate imperative for action; and rational and lucid in explaining the science underpinning this. Because no other logic will prevent the world's economies burning up all the world's fossil fuels until they are gone.
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Eventually, the world will shake Big Carbon off from around its ankles, and walk free. But for now, climate campaigners have a simple job – to bring that moment forward, minute by minute, and day by day, using every non-violent means in their power.

Climate change crisis a 'poisoned chalice' | Adelaide Now

"It would be something of an understatement to describe climate change as a wicked problem, rather, it is a volatile cocktail of wicked problems." Mr Combet told a forum at the Australian National University.

"This cocktail of scientific facts, political discontinuities, economic complexity, investment uncertainty, community confusion and policy barriers mixes at the national and international levels, combining in ways that are unpredictable and seemingly intractable."
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In Adelaide yesterday, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott stepped up the case.

"In order to meet the carbon targets that the Government is talking about we'll need a $30 to $35 a tonne price on carbon," he said.

"Now, a $40 a tonne price on carbon will double the price of producing electricity. We are going to have massive further rises in electricity prices."