Eco-activists has proven here is nothing like a common cause to unite people in making their governments to stand up and take pride.

Thousands of Australians banded together in a National Day of Climate Action Nov. 17, led by the groups GetUp!, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and the Australian Conservation Foundation. First on their agenda was to react against Prime Minister Tony Abbot's move to abolish the Carbon Tax.

Organizers estimated that the turnout was close to 60,000 spread out across Australia's capital cities and an upward of 130 towns and regional cities. The overwhelming message of the event is that with government officials claiming that climate change is not a factor in 2013's record breaking heat and bushfires, it is up to concerned citizens to make sure that this issue is heard.

The crowd was addressed by various speakers from the Climates Council to Greens members and fire fighters who have experienced the risks bush fires and shadow climate Change Minister Mark Butler. The resounding opinion was that the people cannot leave climate change issues in the hands of politicians and would fare better if the people made their stand about this issue.

Deputy Federal Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek commented that putting an end to Carbon Tax will put Australia a step back in terms of dealing with climate change. While the whole world goes forward in the name of global action, the country is facing severe setbacks in the areas of clean and renewable energy.

"Was a trading emissions scheme working? Yes. Electricity from old brown sources of energy down, renewable up by 30 per cent in the first year of its operation," she spoke to the crowd in Sydney. "Australia can't go backwards in the face of global action."

The National Secretary of the United Firefighters Union, Peter Marshall, pressed the issue of bush fires. He said there is nothing to be skeptical about when the fire at the end of the water hose is real. He also touched upon the rate of recurrence of major fires. What used to be a decade event has now escalated, the statistics being "nine major events" in between years 2003 to 2012.

In the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, there is perhaps no issue more urgent than that of climate change and lawmakers would do well to listen to the urging of these eco-activists to look into the subject at hand. The sooner these issues are resolved, the more prepared Australia can be.