SUTHERLAND man Jason Doig spent most of last week tackling climate change in the nation's capital.
Last Tuesday, Mr Doig joined 2500 people at Parliament House to protest against the Federal Government's climate change
policies.
Prior to the demonstration, Mr Doig, a member of the Sutherland Climate Action Network, took part in a Climate Action Summit attended by more than 500 people from around Australia.
Mr Doig said he was prepared for a fight to bring about climate action.
"I don't think it will be easy to sway the politicians,'' he said.
"But the community understands what the scientists are saying: it's worse than we thought, it's happening fast and we are already facing an emergency.''
During the summit, various issues were raised including the need for Australia to aim to have 100 percent renewable electricity by 2020.
The summit also called for Australia to push for the stabilisation of atmospheric carbon dioxide to restore Arctic sea ice when delegates attend the Copenhagen climate talks later this year.
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