The Geelong Sustainability group has again called for more climate action (Geelong Independent, 10 October).
Politicians have been pushing climate alarmism for over 40 years but despite all their predictions none of these predictions have eventuated.
Carbon levels have risen and their impact on climate has been negligible. So far nations of the world have already spent over 50 trillion in a failed attempt to reduce atmospheric CO2. In 2024 the world spent $359 billion trying to reduce carbon emissions. And the result? No impact.
The only impacts observed from Net Zero policies have been the soaring cost of energy.
Meanwhile due to current levels of CO2, crop yields have increased – meaning that more people are being fed and people are living longer today.
What Geelong Sustainability should be concerned about is the fact that four times as many people die from the cold weather (particularly the elderly) as they do from the heat.
CO2 levels as they have gone from 338ppm in 1986 to over 424ppm today (October 2025). When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, CO2 levels were around 2000 ppm. Yet life prospered. Today the climate doomsayers are in a panic over current levels of 424ppm.
The only rational conclusion we can draw is that humanity’s CO2 emissions are actually beneficial for the planet and people.
The question must be asked, does carbon emissions really drive climate change/global warming? No. The fact is that temperatures control CO2 levels, and as it rises this in turn drives up CO levels, not the reverse.
It’s time to return rationality to politics and allow genuine science to emerge triumphant over the dubious climate policies which have dominated modern decision making and to redirect the money to solving genuine human problems.
I welcome a debate with Geelong Sustainability on these matters.
Alan Barron
Geelong Climate Realists group
