Well said Sophie.

As Grist posted today: "If you’re under 25, you should be pissed about climate change". And Paul Gilding on Business Spectator today said: "There are some who argue that the middle of a crisis is not the time to draw the connection to climate change and the threat it poses. The opposite is in fact the case - it is just the right time, while emotions are raw and the impacts are in our face.".

If only more young people forced the issue before memories fade and apathy sets back in.

I know of course these floods won't be the last before we act. There's too many counter-forces, e.g. the negative carbon price the NSW government is employing via their private coal mine for powering their power stations at a heavily discounted price.

Hmh, I do recall reading in our school's religious lessons that when nation rises against Nation, brother against brother etc all hell will break lose as in natural upheaval. Any scientists have anything more definite on that apart plagiarizing from the Bible ? So, if it has been predicted 2000 years ago that it is going to happen then no climate conference or indeed any action whatsoever can provide a solution. if the bible is indeed correct than all we can do is to sit back & watch ourselves go down the tube.

Well, you can take some solace then, individual, in knowing that the Bible is not correct.

For goodness sakes this envirolunacy is out of control.

Sorry for drawing attention to it Mr Moderator, but Sophie's lack of scientific knowledge is stupendous. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence can see that floods are part of a regular weather pattern in this and other countries which existed BEFORE anthropogenic CO2 emissions from industrialisation commenced.

In fact, Green policies such as no dams, not allowing people to cut trees down near their homes and increasing vegetation near built environments have contributed considerable to the loss of life in floods and bushfires.

Hear, hear, Clownfish - you said everything I wanted to say, only better. You obviously possess an uncommon amount of common sense.

Won't it be terrific if a strange Geoffrey Rush look-a-like white flowing beard dressed in a flowing reddish gown suspended on spider webbs held by pensioner like Angels arrives on D day minus one declaring
Come hither anthropogenic's and be delivered from the AGW ,ANGELS see there are no interlopers , err Geoffrey dear how do we tell , too easy there the ones with dirty under pants and glazed over eyes ! step swiftly now this joints gunnah BLOW ...........Kar! Put! oh bugger it's rainen now the figgen sparklers won't go