This Tuesday. 16 December. 9am. "An historic failure deserves an historic response." Climate Change Minister Penny Wong will announce Australia's 2020 emissions reduction targets on Monday in Canberra. Word is the targets will likely be a range between 5 and 15% cuts from 2000 levels... with a slim possibility they might go as high as 25%. Australia has acted disgracefully at the Poznan climate talks this week and last -- we have kept the old Howard Government negotiators who have kept to the old obstructive mentality. Despite a clear acknowledgement in Bali last year that the IPCC recommends a 25-40% reduction target for all developed nations, word is the Aus. delegation has attempted to block the inclusion of this range in the negotiation text. They have also joined with New Zealand and Canada to block the recognition of indigenous rights in the negotiation text for REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation.) This lead to Australia getting first and second place in Climate Action Network's "fossil...

This is a trial climate working group bulletin! It could be a good way to keep touch with what's happening across the counry, etc, every fortnight? And people could send me things they want to include. Could include news, maybe people want to share stories about direct action, or just little climate-related bits you stumble upon every now and then. So, Actions What an exciting month!! In the first week of November, there were direct actions at coal-fired power stations in 4 states - see here for some media links. There was also Walk Against Warming, that was pretty good. And in NSW on November 22nd there was a community vigil/protest at Eraring Power Station December is another huge month - UN Climate Negotiations will be running in Poland from 1-12 December. There will be an international day of action on 6 Dec, look out for action details in your state. The government's "Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper" will also be released early December. We're...