Call on Dunkley candidates to champion leadership on climate change

I’m a voter in Dunkley. I’m emailing you to ask: if elected, will you be a champion for climate action in our federal parliament?

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Climate change is impacting us now. In Dunkley we’ve been hit by several rainstorms in the past year which have overwhelmed infrastructure and flooded homes. And we know that the worst is yet to come. Rising sea levels mean that our wetland rich region will become increasingly saline, which will damage and forever change our natural environment. Storms, drought and urban heat waves will become more frequent and severe. And it’s the poorest, the young and the elderly who will experience these impacts the hardest. 

We have the solutions for everyone to thrive. What we need is federal government leadership to: 

1. Rapidly cut emissions by stopping all new fossil fuel projects (and false solutions like hydrogen from coal), and ramping up the build and rollout of renewable energy generation; 

1. Ensure that all policy and planning is subject to consideration of how to reduce climate emissions and mitigate the climate impacts; 

1. Plan for and respond to the impacts of climate change which prioritises the needs of those most vulnerable and is consistent with creating a fair and just society. 

If elected, will you champion these goals by: 

1. Listening to the needs of communities in the Dunkley electorate who are experiencing climate impacts and advocate on their behalf? And 

1. Supporting policy which is consistent with the above three goals? 

I look forward to further conversations with you about these matters. 

Yours sincerely 

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