Despite the mass of scientific evidence to support climate change, there remains a worryingly large proportion of the population that opposes any action.

Illegal email hacking recently gave climate skeptics the chance to generate a new wave of climate denial and Australia's opposition party chose to elect a new leader on the basis that he opposes action on climate change.

We want to share with you a demonstaration of a simple climate change risk assessment. The presentation highlights the point, that whether you are a complete climate skeptic or an active climate protestor, the real burning issue is not whether climate change is occurring or not, but whether we should act or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORv8wwiadQ.

As the video suggests co-operatives must act on climate change, our values of equity and social responsibility mean that whether we believe the science or not, it is mandatory for co-operatives address the climate threat. Other business models may be willing to ignore the risk assessment in the pursuit of profit but co-operatives cannot.

We have a responsibility and opportunity to lead the way to a low carbon future.

We hope that you find this video resource useful.