2050: an optimist's science fiction

AUSTRALIA 2050 – It’s 2050 and here’s where we stand …

The data-based conclusion by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has shown mean global land surface and ocean temperatures through the first decade of the 21st century were the warmest on record (since 1880).

This, together with the retrospective linking of global warming and the increased incidence of severe weather events (from 2009) across the planet had, by the early 2020s, pretty much convinced all citizens and responsible heads of major companies, institutions and governments that anthropogenic climate change was both real and dangerous.

The need for immediate action was further emphasised by the oil shock of 2018 and by the massive, recurrent disruptions in food supplies (and consequent political destabilisation) that resulted from unpredicted flooding, snow storms, and droughts exacerbated by extreme temperatures and forest fires.

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Dumping carbon tax 'could take five years' - National News - National - Environment - Boorowa News

IT COULD take a Tony Abbott-led Coalition government until 2016 to axe Labor's carbon tax if it is forced to go to a double dissolution election, left-leaning think tank the Australia Institute claims.