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‘Final nail in the coffin’: No new coal announcement must be backed by end to exports
BAKU, Wednesday 20 November 2024 — In response to Minister Chris Bowen’s announcement from COP29 today that Australia will join the Call to Action for no new coal from the…
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‘A significant commitment’: Australia must now enshrine Loss and Damage in new finance package
BAKU, Tuesday 19 November 2024 — In response to Minister Chris Bowen’s announcement from COP29 today that Australia will contribute AUD$50m to the Loss and Damage Finance Facility, the following…
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‘Severe and potentially irreversible’: Thousands of Adele Island birds threatened by oil spill
PERTH, Monday 18 November 2024 — Conservationists in Western Australia are warning an ‘environmental catastrophe’ could be on the horizon for thousands of birds, including critically endangered species of the Adele Island off Broome, if Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project is given the green light.
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‘Talks must crank up’: Final days of COP29 must centre demands of most climate-impacted nations
BAKU, Monday 18 November 2024 — As the second week of the COP29 climate conference gets underway, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has urged Minister Chris Bowen to crank up negotiations and deliver an ambitious new finance package following a week of “mostly unhelpful” progress on climate policy.
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‘The stage is set’: COP29 must be a decisive moment to catalyse climate finance ambition
BAKU, Wednesday 13 November 2024 — In response to comments made at the COP29 climate conference by the President of Azerbaijan that fossil fuels are a ‘gift from God’, the following quotes can be attributed to Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
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COP29 climate talks must deliver new finance package to match scale of climate catastrophe
BAKU, Monday 11 November 2024 — The United Nations COP29 climate summit kicks off today in Baku, Azerbaijan (11-22 November), with negotiations aiming to set a crucial new finance deal…
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The Right to Peaceful Assembly: Defending Rising Tide’s Climate Action in Newcastle
As the climate crisis intensifies, Australians are demanding action—and many are doing so by taking to the streets, beaches, and waterways. In Newcastle, Rising Tide’s planned “People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port” is gearing up to be a bold statement for climate justice. But with the Supreme Court ruling in favour of NSW…
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Risky Business: Greenpeace report reveals Woodside’s history of environmental neglect
SYDNEY, Wednesday 23 October 2024 — A report from Greenpeace Australia Pacific released today catalogues gas corporation Woodside’s troubling history of environmental neglect, as evidence mounts that its Burrub Hub…
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Western Australia: The sail or the anchor for Australia’s renewable transition
As a Western Australian, I know that WA can be the best and worst of places. Whether you are talking about the weather (the best – except for the heatwaves), the football (the Dockers can be a mixed bag), the media (one statewide newspaper owned by a gas-loving billionaire), or the beaches (hands down the…
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Solutions, not subsidies: IEA energy report sounds urgent call for faster fossil fuel transition
SYDNEY, Wednesday 16 October 2024 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called on the Australian government to heed the International Energy Agency’s warning that today’s emission reduction efforts are too slow,…