Widespread protest erupts over Australian climate research budget cuts
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029558
The Guardian : Australia’s government announced plans to cut the budget of and restructure the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Outreach Organisation (CSIRO) that would eliminate 350 jobs at the agency and overwhelmingly affect the agency’s climate research capabilities. In response to the plan, more than 600 climate researchers from around the world have signed a letter arguing that the cuts would be severely damaging to Australia’s research abilities and would hinder the country’s ability to meet the emissions targets it agreed to at the Paris climate conference late last year. In Australia at a joint meeting of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanic Society and the Australian Research Council’s center of excellence for climate research more than 200 researchers gathered for a protest of the proposed plan.
