Giz recognises that climate change is a serious problem that requires urgent Government action and is concerned that the current approach to industrial development in Western Australia is moving us in exactly the wrong direction.

With three more coal-fired power stations currently under assessment, which would lock in high emissions for at least the next 30 years, there is no time to waste. 

We need to make decisions today that will move us towards a clean energy future. 

With her former colleague Paul Llewellyn, Giz has been advocating for clear government policies to oppose new coal-fired power stations and promote renewable energy.

Read one of Giz' favourite recent blogposts on this issue written by Johann Hari - How I wish the global warming deniers were right... and published on 4 December 2009.

Read Robin Chapple's MLC take on the issue here.