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If Federal MP denies climate change and the science. ASK THEM the following questions You say you accept the science on climate change. Do you also accept that governments should regulate markets to ensure the protection of our children and future generations from dangerous climate change? The current bipartisan national emissions reductions targets (5% by 2020) would mean that Australians use four times as much of the carbon budget as the average global citizen. How do you plan to address this moral failure? Recent analyses indicate that for Australians to do our fair share, minimum national emissions reduction targets of 25 to 50% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 are required. What actions have you taken and will you take to achieve this? What evidence do you have that your climate change policies are capable of delivering emissions reductions of this magnitude? How can Australia encourage other wealthy high per-capita polluting countries like the USA and Canada to get responsible, stand up to those with vested interests, and do what it takes to protect our children and future generations? Given that significant climate change will occur, what adaptation policies do you have to help Australian communities cope with the impacts a warming global climate will have on the physical environment (for example, extreme weather events) and on health and wellbeing? Do you think that governments should take a leading role in guiding the economy’s response to climate change? If you believe this is essentially a market issue, how will markets solve the climate change problem? Atmospheric ozone depletion and acid rain were both addressed through government regulation of industry. Do you believe governments should take a similarly active role in regulating industry responses to climate change? The fossil fuel industry already has plans to produce much more CO2 than is considered “safe”. The amount of carbon contained in the proven coal, oil and gas reserves is around 2,795 gigatons. This is three to five times the amount scientists tell us we can pour into the atmosphere by midcentury and still have hope of avoiding dangerous climate change. What policies do you have to address this enormous problem? Approving more fossil fuel extraction is clearly not compatible with the globally agreed target of limiting climate change to less the 2 degrees Celsius. How do you plan to address this dilemma? Through granting enormous fossil fuel subsidies, we are paying corporations to do things that endanger our children’s futures. What policies do you have to address this?