Vote Climate

The climate related policies presented in the 2008 USA Presidential Election unsurprising are no where near strong enough to prevent a run away climate change event.

Of the climate policies of the two presidential hopefuls Obama and McCain, Obama has the strongest, though in a number of key areas such as targets McCain matches Obama exactly to the point where the impression is given that someone made a tactical decision to do so.

Party key and links to websites
Democrats: Obama - Biden
Republicans: McCain - Palin
Green Party: McKinney- Clemente
Nader - Gonzalez
Socialist Party USA: Moore - Alexander
Liberatarian Party: Barr - Root

We have produced a PDF version of the at a glance policies, with the help of www.dvize.com.

Though due to space limits only 7 of the 10 parties assessed are on the PDF.

Down load the PDF here (330KB)

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From Climate Change Coalition media release

"Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, number two on the Climate Change Coalition NSW senate ticket, will show just how the major parties are actually lying to the Australian people when they say that CO2 emissions from burning coal can be captured and 'sequestered'.

"What Women Want" have become the first party to adopt a Zero Emission Minus policy.

For a comparative summary chick here.

For a summary of their policy click here.

For a direct link to their website

What would a serious policy on Climate Change look like?

Acceptance

Acceptance of the scientific conclusion that today's climate change is largely human caused. Members who are publicly skeptical about the human link to climate change should be expelled from the party.

Priority and Policy

Climate change should be seen as the number one issue that takes precedent over and guides all other policy. Parties should have a dedicated climate spokes person, ideally this should be the leader.

This page has been produced to allow you to compare a number of climate change policy proposals to the set of policy options we have chosen to highlight for this election.