SINCE the 1850s when industrialisation took off across the western world, fossil fuels have been burned in increasing volumes.
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The carbon diaoxide produced by burning fossil fuels is changing our atmosphere and our oceans.
Pre-industrialisation, atmospheric carbon dioxide had been stable for thousands of years at about 278 parts per million, now it close to 400 parts per million and rising.
Carbon Dioxide is a 'greenhouse gas' it is causing warming. We live in one of the most fire prone countries in the world.We have seen record breaking summers in recent years. We must act quickly to reduce the burning of fossil fuels.
As individuals, as communities, as a country and as part of this planet we must take action.
As the sign says ' there is no planet B.'
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