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| author = David Spratt, Philip Sutton

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| publisher = Scribe Publications

| pub_date = 2008

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[[Image:Climate Code Red book launch DSC 6776.jpg|thumb|300px|right|David Spratt, Governor David de Kretser and Philip Sutton at the book launch for Climate Code Red]]

'''''Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action''''' is a 2008 book, published by [[Scribe Publications]]<ref>http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/climatecodered</ref>, which presents scientific evidence that the [[global warming]] crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues that we are facing a "sustainability emergency" that requires a clear break from business-as-usual politics. The authors explain that emergency action to address [[climate change]] is not so much a radical idea as an indispensable course we must embark upon.<ref>[http://www.climatecodered.net/book.html Code Red: The Book]</ref> ''Climate Code Red'' draws heavily on the work of a large number of climate scientists, including [[James Hansen]]<ref>[http://www.climatecodered.net/index.html The Hansen Challenge]</ref> .

These are theThe key themes of ''Climate Code Red'' are:

*"Our goal is a safe-climate future – we have no right to bargain away species or human lives."

*"We are facing rapid warming impacts: the danger is immediate, not just in the future."

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==See also==

*[[Greenleap Strategic Institute]]

*[[Mitigation of global warming in Australia]]

*[[List of Australian environmental books]]

==References==

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==External links==

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[[Category:Australian non-fiction books]]

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