Climate change is costing Australians. Demand action.

2019-20 was the most intense period yet for climate change-fuelled extreme weather, in Australia and around the world.

Communities across Australia are reeling from climate impacts including droughts, extreme heatwaves and, of course, the Black Summer bushfires.

Over the coming decade, Australia must aim to at least halve its emissions, and reach net zero emissions by 2035. This is what climate action looks like.

But we need your help to make the message cut through.

We’ve created this online tool to help you express your concerns about the rising impacts of climate change, and easily pass your concerns on ...

2019-20 was the most intense period yet for climate change-fuelled extreme weather, in Australia and around the world.

Communities across Australia are reeling from climate impacts including droughts, extreme heatwaves and, of course, the Black Summer bushfires.

Over the coming decade, Australia must aim to at least halve its emissions, and reach net zero emissions by 2035. This is what climate action looks like.

But we need your help to make the message cut through.

We’ve created this online tool to help you express your concerns about the rising impacts of climate change, and easily pass your concerns on to your political representatives.

Politicians respond when people stand up and push together. The more people who contact their local MP on climate change, the more likely this matter will be raised and responded to.

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Australians deserve urgent action to protect them from the rising impacts of climate change.

But the Federal Government has committed to the bare minimum, setting woefully inadequate emissions reductions targets that will only put more Australians in harms way.

Australia must aim to at least halve its emissions by 2030, and reach net zero emissions, by 2035. Email your Federal MP today and ask them to advocate for stronger targets, faster emissions reductions policies and greater investment in the solutions.

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I am writing to you because I am extremely concerned about the rising impacts of climate change on our lives, homes, wildlife, economy and future families, who will be left to pay the price for our inaction for generations to come.

Communities are still reeling from the impacts of droughts, extreme heatwaves, and of course, the Black Summer bushfires. As my local representative, I know you want to put our community first and we have a critical opportunity to do this by acting now to reduce our emissions.

Climate change has cost our economy more than $35 billion in the last decade alone, a number that has doubled since the 1970s and could rise to $100 billion year on year without urgent action to reduce our emissions.

Extreme weather events, fuelled by climate change, are costing the Australian economy and livelihoods, without action now to reduce emissions our communities will continue to be on the frontline of these impacts.

We need ambitious climate action at all levels of Government, and this is only possible if people in positions of power, such as yourself, continue to push for stronger targets, faster emissions reductions policies and greater investment in solutions.

As my elected leader, you have a critical role to play in responding to the report’s findings and protecting Australian economies and lives. I am asking you to support this report by:

⬤ Publicly acknowledge on social media, in the media or in parliament, the urgent need to tackle climate change and invest in solutions that can create thousands of jobs in new, clean industries.

⬤ Ensure the Federal Government develops targets and policies that align with halving emissions over the coming decade and reaching net zero emissions by 2035.

⬤ Ensuring the Federal Government  urgently accepts and implements all findings of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, including support to State and Territory Governments through national coordination.

As your constituent I am asking you to take climate change seriously and work with your colleagues across the political spectrum to put forward a climate action agenda that will protect me and my family, our community and our country.

We must see the impacts of climate change-fuelled extreme weather matched with bold and courageous action to reduce emissions as quickly as possible.

I look forward to your response on this important issue.

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