Climate Code Red:
The Case for Emergency Action

Author	David Spratt, Philip Sutton
Subject	Climate change
Publisher	Scribe Publications
Publication date	2008
Publication place	Australia
Pages	304 pp
ISBN	1-921372-20-6
OCLC	243605472

Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action is a 2008 book which presents scientific evidence that the global warming crisis is worse than official reports and national governments have so far indicated. The book argues humanity is 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 to embark upon.^[1] It draws heavily on the work of many climate scientists, including James E. Hansen.^[2]

The 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."
• "For a safe climate future, we must take action now to stop emissions and to cool the earth."
• "Plan a large-scale transition to a post-carbon economy and society."
• "Recognise a climate and sustainability emergency, because we need to move at a pace far beyond business and politics as usual".^[3]

Co-author David Spratt is a Melbourne businessman, climate-policy analyst, and co-founder of the Carbon Equity network, and Research Director of the Breakthrough - National Centre for Climate Restoration.^[4] Co-author Philip Sutton is convener of the Greenleap Strategic Institute and Assistant Convenor of the Climate Emergency Network.^[5]

The book was launched by the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser in Parliament House in Melbourne, Victoria, on July 17, 2008.^[6]

• List of Australian environmental books
• Requiem for a Species
• Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy

• Official website
• The Case for a Sustainability Emergency: Philip Sutton interview (audio) - The Reality Report
• The Case for a Sustainability Emergency: Philip Sutton interview (text) - Energy Bulletin
• Morton, Adam (2008-07-17). "Code red: Climate skating on thin ice, authors say". Melbourne: The Age.
• Alexandra De Blas (August–September 2008). "Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action". ECOS (144): 12–4.
• "Middle of the road ... towards a cliff". The Age. 2008-08-07.
• Coming clean on 'nice' coal
• Review of Climate Code Red: Energy Bulletin