Climate ‘Code Red’: the Book and the Campaign
Current CO2 level in the Earth’s atmosphere
Co-authored by David Spratt from Carbon Equity and Philip Sutton from the Greenleap Strategic Institute, this 300 page book takes the reader on a journey through climate change science, targets and solutions to conclude that the planet is already too hot and that we face a climate and sustainability emergency. Climate Code Red is published by Scribe.
– A proposal for a Global Safe Climate Covenant – download word doc
– A 2010 up date – after the Copenhagen Conference debacle in December 2009 – Pact-for-Survival.htm
– Arctic Watch: keep a daily eye on the collapse of the Arctic sea-ice in the northern summer
– Tap into information and action opportunities related to Climate ‘Code Red’. The Climate Code Red website has links to online bookshops stocking Climate Code Red.
– Contact the The Climate Emergency Network to tap into the activities of a large number or organisations and individuals. For a targets based campaign that would restore the Arctic sea ice see Target 300; for a solutions based campaign based on getting to zero emissions in 10 years plus excess CO2 draw down see Beyond Zero Emissions.
– Article: Finding leaders for the sustainability emergency
– Article: Strategy paper for the 2009 Australian Climate Summit NEW (Jan 2009)
– Click here to download the February 2008 (somewhat out-of-date) self-published version of Climate Code Red now renamed as The Case for a Climate Emergency
– To donate to support the Greenleap Strategic Institute on the Climate ‘Code Red’ campaign
– Speeches, interviews, articles, etc.
– Victorian Governor’s speech when launching Climate Code Red (17th July 2008) PDF file
– Victorian Governor’s speech to the Probus Club of Melbourne (17th July 2008) (web page link)- examining the climate issue and referring to Climate Code Red
– Al Gore’s 10 year Challenge to America (17th July 2008) PDF file – “Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.”
– ABC Perspective Philip Sutton 5 August 2008 MP3 file – 5 minutes 3 Mb file
– ABC Perspective Philip Sutton 5 August 2008 – transcript PDF file
– ABC In Conversation Philip Sutton 7 August 2008 MP3 file – 20 minutes 12 Mb file
– ABC In Conversation Philip Sutton 7 August 2008 – transcript PDF file
Videos
– Philip Sutton’s speech at the launch of Climate Code Red on 17 July 2007
– Animations of the Arctic Ice
– From 1979 – August 2007
– Emphasising the changes in ice older than 5 years old (From Sept 1979 to October 2007)
– Flushing of Arctic ice 2007 and 2008.
– Disinformation: dealing with Denialist arguments
– Skeptical Science This website deals with frequently repeated denialist or ‘skeptical’ arguments
– Bravenewclimate.com Prof. Barry’s Brook’s blog where he analyses specific Australian denialist articles or programs in newspapers, TV, etc.