The Solution

YES! To a Nuclear Free Australia

The solutions to climate change are renewable energies, energy efficiency and protecting our forests and woodlands. And the good news is that the technologies and the know-how to deliver these solutions already exist!

The challenge is not to research and develop new technologies but to scale up the utilization of existing clean energy technologies.

Governments must be willing to remove barriers and create incentives for a dramatic uptake of clean energy technologies.

And they must be willing to:

• end native forest logging and land clearing
• better manage our grazing lands and tropical savannahs

We could make Australia a renewable energy powerhouse and a smart energy saver, right now with the right policies in place.

Read about The Wilderness Society’s Wild Country program to revolutionise conservation planning in Australia and help build resilience to climate change.

We could save our remaining forests and bushlands and then reconnect vast areas so that species can migrate as the climate changes.

Read Greenpeace International’s Energy Revolution

Greenpeace’s report details how to halve global CO₂ emissions by 2050, using existing technology and still providing affordable energy and economic growth. In short - a revolution in energy policy and an evolution in how we use energy.

Read about the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Business Leaders Roundtable on Climate Change

ACF’s report shows that significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved at an affordable cost to the Australian economy.

Read about Europe’s nuclear free solutions to climate change (PDF).

TWS’s report shows that some leading European countries are showing how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and phase out nuclear power – at the same time!