What Assistance Is Available?

Government Rebates & Assistance Electricity Feed in tariff: The Queensland Solar Bonus Scheme rewards eligible households and other small electricity customers that install solar power (photovoltaicPV) renewable energy systems by paying them for the excess electricity they generate. For more information visit: http://www.livinggreener.gov.au/rebate s-assistance/qld/electricity-feed-in-tariff Energy Assistance For Households: Eligible households across Australia can access the Home Energy Saver Scheme (HESS) to help reduce their energy use around the home and better manage the household budget. The scheme is run by community organisations around Australia. LPG Gas Vehicle Conversion The LPG Vehicle Scheme offers grants of $2,000 towards the purchase of a new vehicle already fitted with LPG, or grants of $1,000 for the LPG conversion of a registered vehicle. Australian Solar Quotes: Get 3 Free Solar Quotes Today! Visit: http://www.australiansolarquotes.com.a u/

What can I do?

Carbon Calculator Kits: Contact your local library and request a loan of the Carbon Calculating Kit. Mackay City Library Contact details: http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/libr aries Visit Energy 4 Earth: http://at2globalscience.weebly.com

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References
ABC News. (2013). IPCC Climate Change Report: Human role in global warming now even clearer. Retrieved From http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-0927/human-role-in-global-warming-noweven-clearer-latest-ipcc-report/4985878 Earth Times. (2013). Energy News. Retrieved from: http://www.earthtimes.org/energy/
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Overview

GLOBAL WARMING It Is Real

Have you ever been to the doctors and received medication but decided to not take it because you dont trust medical science? No? Have you decided not to drive a car or fly on a plane because you dont agree with physics? No? Have you ever disregarded information about global warming and climate change because you dont believe it is real? Maybe? Well the results are in and global warming is real and it is happening now.

Energy 4 Earth has been developed by a Central Queensland University Bachelor of Learning Management student in response to the Global Science course requirements. Energy 4 Earth seeks to promote community awareness surrounding global warming, carbon emission, nonrenewable and renewable energy sources and alternate solutions. Energy 4 Earth provides community members with online information and practical resources and ideas aimed to further understandings and actively reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption. As 98% of scientists now agree that global warming is occurring and will have significant impacts around the globe, the time is now to explore what this means for you and all the wonders that are planet Earth (ABC News, 2013).

As overwhelming scientific evidence now concludes that human activities are responsible for global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (ABC, 2013) stresses the need for governments around the world to act immediately to reduce greenhouse gases significantly in the interest of saving planet Earth. In response to the IPCC findings, Federal Minister for the Climate Change, Heritage and the Environment, Hon Greg Hunt is reported to state that the Coalition accepts the scientific assessment published in the report and responded by identifying three areas in which practical action needs to be taken to counter climate change: 1. Take steps to reduce our domestic emissions. 2. Ensuring Australian has a national plan for adaptation to climate change. 3. Work with China and the United States, India and the [European Union] on the essence of an international agreement. The Coalition Government plans a 5% cut in carbon emissions through incentives based programs. The Government also plans to scrap $4 billion from renewable energy funding and is set to continue with its plan to abolish the Carbon Tax. For more information visit: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Me mbers/Parliamentarian?MPID=00AMV

How will the Australian government respond?

Global Warming - Now

Scientists agree that global warming will produce disastrous effects on the planet and significantly alter life as we now know it. Temperature changes are occurring at a much faster rate than planet Earth has experienced in millions of years (Earth Times, 2013). This is already a major stress to the natural world from ocean life, to trees and birds. As the health of the worlds ecosystems is vital for the provision of food, water and oxygen, these environmental impacts have the ability to have disastrous consequences for the planet and all its inhabitants (Earth Times, 2013).

Global Warming The future

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen by 40 per cent since the pre-industrial era. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presents scientific evidence surrounding a number of different scenarios of how climate change may unfold over the next century (ABC, 2013). For further information regarding the future impact of global warming visit the Energy 4 Earth website located at: http://at2globalscience.weebly .com