SIGN THE PETITION IN SUPPORT OF PUTTING A PRICE ON POLLUTION. 

Devastating floods, winds, fires and temperatures are here now.  Climate change is a reality.  We can support the leaders who are courageous enough to call for climate action.  2 groups have called for polluters to pay for their pollution via carbon pricing in recent weeks.  Let's sign to show our support for those calling for action,  while the world's media are interested. I will take the petition to the office of Chris Bowen - the Australian Minister for Energy and Climate Change.

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest has published full page advertisements in newspapers around the world last Friday, urging the move to renewable energy.  One key point he makes is that the world needs to put a proper price on carbon in order to show the real cost of fossil fuels.  

Mining Billionarie Twiggy Forrest attacks Oil and Gas Industry

Additionally the Guardian has reported that the International Monetary Fund is also calling for a price on carbon.

IMF calls for carbon pricing to tackle climate crisis

Here is Dr Forrest's Positive Power Plan. It lists carbon pricing at #3 of the 7 recommendations.

• Achieve real-emissions reductions through deployment of renewable energy, and not by relying on carbon offsets.
• Take down barriers to green energy manufacturing, including by winding back fossil fuel subsidies over this decade to zero.
• Match policy settings to risk by transparently pricing carbon across all jurisdictions, and accordingly set appropriate incentives for green energy and disincentives for fossil fuels.
• Implement country-appropriate incentive schemes for green energy projects, following the example of frameworks like the Inflation Reduction Act (US).
• Implement sovereign and multilateral government guarantees for green energy projects, in particular, green electricity, green hydrogen, green ammonia, with an early focus on Latin America and Africa.
• Commit to free green trade by disassembling tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in green technologies, fuels and commodities
• Enhance enforcement of existing environmental laws and acknowledge the growth of international case law establishing a right for future generations to be protected from climate change by policymakers.

Sign that we want a price put on pollution.  You can also find more on the  Positive Power