Facts about our ecological crisis are incontrovertible. We must take action

We the undersigned represent diverse academic disciplines, and the views expressed here are those of the signatories and not their organisations. While our academic perspectives and expertise may differ, we are united on one point: we will not tolerate the failure of this or any other government to take robust and emergency action in respect of the worsening ecological crisis. The science is clear, the facts are incontrovertible, and it is unconscionable to us that our children and grandchildren should have to bear the terrifying brunt of an unprecedented disaster of our own making.

‘Humans cannot continue to violate the fundamental laws of
 nature or of science with impunity,’ say the signatories.

We are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, with about 200 species becoming extinct each day. Humans cannot continue to violate the fundamental laws of nature or of science with impunity. If we continue on our current path, the future for our species is bleak.

Read the story from The Guardian - “Facts about our ecological crisis are incontrovertible. We must take action.”

Have we entered a new epoch? - Clive Hamilton on Radio National

For most ordinary people, the ecological crisis can seem like something that takes place outside of our everyday lives.

Political leaders, intellectuals and commentators often break this issue down into bite sized components, without looking at the picture as a whole.

Professor of Public Ethics, Clive Hamilton argues that all the evidence points to the fact that humans have become so powerful that we have entered a new and dangerous geological epoch…one in which the human imprint has now become so large and active that it rivals the great forces of Nature in its impact on the Earth’s functioning.

Listen to a discussion on Radio National’s Late Night Live between Phillip Adams and Clive Hamilton - “Have we entered a new epoch?”