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Ministerial Statement Greenhouse effect

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Title

Ministerial Statement Greenhouse effect

Other title

Tabled Paper 999

Collection

Tabled Papers for 5th Assembly 1987 - 1990; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT

Date

1989-08-29

Description

Tabled by Marshall Perron

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Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

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application/pdf

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00044

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/298433

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/387330

Page content

- 4 CAPITALISE ON ANY BENEFITS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE MIGHT BRING. MR SPEAKER, AS I ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH, THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CSIRO DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH BE ENGAGED TO CARRY OUT A FOUR-YEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUR REGION. THE RESEARCH WOULD BE DESIGNED TO OBTAIN THE BEST POSSIBLE ESTIMATES OF THE ANTICIPATED RISE IN SEA LEVEL IN THE TERRITORY SO LOCAL AGENCIES CAN EVALUATE THE COASTAL IMPACT. OTHER ASPECTS TO BE ADDRESSED WOULD INCLUDE ASSESSMENTS OF LIKELY CHANGES IN TERRITORY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, LENGTH AND OCCURRENCE OF MONSOON CONDITIONS OVER THE TOP END, DRY PERIODS IN THE CENTRE, AND INTENSITY, LOCATION AND FREQUENCY OF TROPICAL CYCLONES. THIS CORE RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT TO OUR OVERALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUR REGION. IT WOULD COMPLEMENT OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH ARE ALREADY BEING FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH VARIOUS TERRITORY AGENCIES AND WHICH ARE PROVIDING VITAL INPUTS TO THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT PICTURE. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE REGIONAL CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAM WOULD COST NEARLY $400,000. IN HIS RECENT STATEMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED THAT $5.5 MILLION WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR A GREENHOUSE RESEARCH GRANTS SCHEME TO BEGIN IN 1990-91, AND WE ARE HOPING WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THESE COMMONWEALTH RESEARCH GRANT FUNDS.