Planned CSIRO staff cuts/changes damn Australia's Paris promises

CSIRO scientist and expert on sea level rise,
John Church, argues the public has been
misled and Australia will miss its Paris
agreed to emission reduction targets.

Australia will break a commitment made at the Paris climate summit less than two months ago if CSIRO goes ahead with its plan to axe its research programs, one of the agency's leading scientists has warned.

John Church, a globally recognised expert on sea level rise and one of CSIRO's most decorated researchers, said organisation chief Larry Marshall had misled the public by claiming there was now less need for climate research because the problem had been "proven".

It came as US scientist James Hansen, sometimes described as the father of climate change awareness, suggested the decision to cut the jobs was wrong.  

Read Adam Morton’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “'Misleading, inaccurate and in breach of Paris': CSIRO scientist criticises cuts.”