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Backers breathe life into climate body
September 23, 2013 - 11:50PM
The axed Climate Commission is to be relaunched with private funds in a bid to keep information about global warming prominent in the public arena, former head Tim Flannery said.
The decision to create the Australian Climate Council, as the group will be known, was spurred by "a groundswell of support" from across the country, Dr Flannery said.
"We've developed a real reputation for independence and authority in this area, and we just want to continue with that job," he said, before a formal launch planned for Tuesday in Sydney.
"We haven't seen any plans from the government to provide an alternative" to the commission, he said.
The Abbott government made closing the Climate Commission one of its first acts last week. The Coalition also plans to repeal other climate change policies of the Rudd and Gillard governments, such as the carbon price, the Climate Change Authority and the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
The Coalition instead plans a $2.55 billion Direct Action scheme to pay polluters to cut greenhouse gases to meet the bipartisan goal of reducing emissions by at least 5 per cent on 2000 levels by 2020.
Most, if not all, of the six commissioners, will sign up as directors of the new council, with climate scientist Will Steffen and ex-BP head for Australia Gerry Hueston among them. "We'll all be working pro bono at least initially," Dr Flannery said.
The commission's budget was about $5.4 million over four years, a figure that will be considerably smaller in the private revamp, he said. "We've already had some people step up and we've got every chance that this will work," Dr Flannery said, declining to say how much had been raised and from whom ahead of the launch of a drive for donations.
Among those supporting the reboot was retired admiral Chris Barrie. "Frankly, I think the work they have done is fantastic," he said.
"The commission's work was invaluable in taking very complex information and presenting it in ways easily digestible by the community."
bloody good, i'll throw in a few bob, m'self 
bloody good, i'll throw in a few bob, m'self 
That should by Tim a pie and a can of Coca Cola. 
All we need now is for the NBN White Elephant tp be privately funded and see how it goes 🙂
Thank goodness my money is no longer paying for Tim Flannerys dud predictions....
@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:
Thank goodness my money is no longer paying for Tim Flannerys dud predictions....
flannery made a prediction years ago . it seems he got a prediction wrong. 1.
how many of the flat earther predictions have they got wrong ? it numbers in the thousands..
Flat earth -2000. Tim +1999.
he doesn't make you look silly, that takes care of itself.
@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:
Thank goodness my money is no longer paying for Tim Flannerys dud predictions....
Why let facts spoil a good story or cartoon, hey? Tim never said quite that, when commenting on the desalination plant he said something like: "as our weather will become more severe and unpredictable, the droughts will last longer, we cannot count on getting enough rain to fill our dams and therefore it is a good idea to have alternative drinking water supplies for our cities". Australia has always been the driest continent and as our cities are growing fast relying on the same water catchment areas, we would be totally insane not to think about alternatives.
Unfortunately, some people only understand sentence if it has 3 words, and do not seem to be able to think further ahead than next weekend. By the way there is nothing hysterical about Tim, he is one of the calmest people I have ever met.
@lakeland27 wrote:not a nerve, i don't have any. but i do have a bleep meter. the NewsLtd view you express regarding flannery is as reliable as the rest of their journalism. he's done something useful, they haven't. people with nothing to offer best not be too critical as someone will notice.
Your posts are evidence I have LL....lol.
Tims dud predictions, will now be worth what Tax Payers fork out for it....NOTHING....
He is however, an amusing source of entertainment, I will give him that......
