Media coverage

On 19th August 2022, ADAC was front cover story of Geelong Indy.

Under the headline ‘Viva plan faces backlash’ (and in the online version of the article: ‘ADAC challenges Viva gas terminal proposal’), Matt Hewson wrote:

“Viva Energy’s announcement of commercial agreements for the construction of pier and berthing infrastructure for its proposed gas terminal in the Port of Geelong has met with condemnation from numerous community groups. One of those groups, A Different Approach Community (ADAC), wants to help citizens who oppose the project make their voices heard.”

→ Read the article on www.geelongindy.com.au

Geelong Advertiser on 28 September 2022: Petition taken to MPs

What our world will be like for humans living in the centuries after the fossil fuel age depends on how quickly we make the transition to a carbon-neutral society.

The longer the transition takes, the higher the global temperatures will be - with serious effects on the habitability of our cities and towns, on human health and on the survival chances of many species of plants and animals.

The longer the transition takes, the higher the sea levels will be - with serious effects on the viability of harbour-side cities, on the survival of island communities in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and on the food producing capacities of Earth’s low lying deltas and flood plains.

The longer the transition takes, the greater the frequency of catastrophic weather events, resulting in storm and flood destruction of infrastructure and buildings, in bushfires that destroy towns, forests and farmlands, in massive costs of insurance and restoration and in the traumatic loss of human life.

The longer the transition takes, the greater the risk of international tensions involving trade wars, access to food and water resources, famine and starvation.

Our current laws and regulations are inadequate and out-of-date leaving us unable to deal with the issue. ADAC therefore asks our lawmakers to please help making the changes required.

In the words of the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change: "It is now or never".

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