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Our APEC wrap-up
The end of the APEC meeting is a bit of a collective sigh for Sydney-siders but a disappointing for those of us hoping that it would be the first meeting in a decade where John Howard and George Bush stopped trying to undermine international action on climate change. Alas, it was not to be. The…
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The Sydney Distraction
We have been waiting most of the day for the official announcement on the Sydney Declaration on climate change that is coming out of the APEC meeting. We were leaked the final draft which looks like business as usual for coal, oil and uranium companies. Which means, if this is the final statement, we are…
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Massive NSW coal mine approved = climate chaos
The Iemma Government yesterday approved the new 10million ton per year Moolarben coal mine in the Hunter Valley. It is a climate disaster. When built, the mine will emit millions of tons of greenhouse pollution, and makes further mockery of this government’s claims to take climate change seriously. (see SMH article) The new coal mine…
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voice of the developing nations
September 7, 2007 at 10:00am It is very unusual during an APEC meeting for discussions on a declaration to undergo a debate. Currently, discussions on the APEC Climate Change declaration that John Howard and George Bush proposed are met by skepticism and disbelief. Clearly, countries such as China, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines will not agree…
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Time ticking away for Howard and Bush
On Wednesday, Greenpeace and Make Poverty History carted two ice sculptures of John Howard and George W. Bush around Sydney, sending a message to that there is little time left to take meaningful action on climate change and calling on both leaders to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Many developing nations are on the front line…
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Renewable energy R&D- hung out to dry
At a time when we need to get renewable energy up to scale fast to reduce our greenhouse pollution, surely we’d be supporting research and development in Australia? Unfortunately not, as a new Greenpeace report released today shows. In 2005-06 in fact we put ten times more funds into fossil fuel R&D than we did…
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APEC Day 4 video-wrap
Greenpeace Energy campaigner Mark Wakeham gives a video wrap of Thursday 6th September – Day 4 of APEC.
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International NGO media centre agenda for Thursday 5 Sept
these are the day’s formal events. But don’t forget to call us on 02 8004 4300 any time for information and comment on what’s coming up at APEC. 10.00 a.m. Howard’s hollow climate change promise – new evidence from Greenpeace – why APNet won’t work. 11.30 a.m. 21 world activists call on APEC leaders to…
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Students take direct action against coal
As I write, 20 student activists are peacefully blockading the Newcastle coal loader to highlight the insanity of expanding the world’s biggest coal port at a time when we need urgent cuts in greenhouse emissions (see coverage on abc and SMH). Yesterday, activists shut down power generation at the Loy Yang power station in Gippsland’s…
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NGO Media Centre Agenda for Tuesday 3 September
What’s on the agenda for the media centre for Tuesday? 9.30 a.m. US Iraqi war veteran Matt Howard speaks out against the war on Iraq. WithProf Jake Lynch from the Centre for Global Peace and conflict studies, Sydney University. 11.30 a.m. Caritas CEO Jack de Groot challenges APEC on poverty alleviation. 12.00 – 1.00pm Panel…