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Australia: Joe Hockey on CSIRO cuts: former treasurer's letter to the New York Times dissected
2016-03-15 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias former treasurer Joe Hockey has weighed into the debate about cuts to climate research at CSIRO, by writing a letter to the New York Times. In February, CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall announced the agency would halve its commitment to climate change modelling and measurement. In his new role as Australias ambassador to the US, Hockey took umbrage at an editorial the newspaper published, titled Australia turns its back on climate science. But in defending Australias...
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Climate change deal risked by CSIRO cuts
2016-02-21 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Job cuts at the CSIRO will leave Australia ill-prepared to deal with climate change or meet its commitments under the Paris agreement, the Climate Council says. The CSIRO recently announced it would halve the number of employees in climate science, with around 100 jobs to go from two main monitoring and modelling programs. The council has looked into the local and international impact the change will have. Its report, Flying Blind: Navigating Climate Change without the CSIRO, released on Monday,...
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Australia: CSIRO climate cuts will breach Paris agreement and cost economy report
2016-02-21 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cuts to the CSIROs climate modelling and measuring research will breach Australias obligations under the recent Paris agreement and will result in huge costs to the economy, a report by Australias Climate Council has found. The report adds to a chorus of eminent bodies and individuals criticising the move, which the CSIRO made after almost no consultation with its own scientists or other research institutions. Earlier in the month it was revealed CSIRO would be cutting up to 350 staff from...
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Australia: CSIRO climate cuts attack a national treasure when we need it most
2016-02-08 08:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The decision to gut Australias government science agency of climate research may seem hard to fathom. But lets pause from the hyperventilation of the past week and ask whether there is an underlying logic. Could the shift from studying how climate changes, to studying ways of mitigating and adapting to climate change, be a good thing? The CSIROs chief executive, Larry Marshall, who is responsible for the decision, has deployed several arguments in defending the move. Lets take a look at...
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CSIRO head Larry Marshall defends climate research cuts as angry scientists protest in Melbourne
2016-02-08 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: CSIRO head Larry Marshall has sought to defend deep cuts to climate science programs after days of sustained criticism, saying global warming research was "one piece of a much larger puzzle" in solving Australia's biggest challenges. His defence came as dozens of scientists, including some whose jobs are under threat at CSIRO, rallied in Melbourne, warning the cuts would hurt Australia's ability to address the climate change threat. In a lengthy statement released on Monday, Dr Marshall said...
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