There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.

Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.

This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

There is job growth in renewables, there is job growth in energy efficiency and there is job growth in developing innovative industries and technologies to successfully meet the challenge of climate change.

There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.

The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.