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Bowen’s COP27 Focus Risks Missing The Opportunity To Step Up On Pacific Climate Justice
Today’s comments from Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen on leading Australia’s COP27 delegation show Australia risks missing an opportunity to show up for the Pacific and must step up on a major agenda item both the EU and the US have committed to discussing, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. The impending COP27 climate summit…
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Countries Step Up On Global Climate Justice Case Ahead Of COP27 But Australia Conspicuous By Its Absence
Twelve countries including Germany and New Zealand stepping up to champion the campaign for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the human rights impacts of climate change on the eve of COP27 puts them on the right side of history ahead of a momentous UNGA vote in the coming months, Pacific activists…
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SUBMISSION: On the Climate Change Bill 2022 and the Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022
A decade of inaction on climate change has seen Australia and its Pacific Island neighbours suffer through catastrophic bushfire, floods and cyclones, causing environmental, social and economic devastation. The Climate…
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Taking Pacific Climate Justice to the UN General Assembly
An advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice can clarify how existing international laws can be applied to strengthen action on climate change, protect people and the environment and save the Paris Agreement. Banner reads “Our Survival is Our Human Right”. An alliance of activists and organisations, including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change…
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Pledging Pacific Aid While Ignoring Loss And Damage Is ‘Like Repairing A Hole In The Roof While The Walls Around It Collapse’
Funding for the Pacific set to be announced today shows that while Australia is taking steps towards rebuilding its relationship with the region, it is failing to address the Pacific’s main existential threat and must commit to a Loss and Damage Finance Facility ahead of COP27, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. As part of its looming…
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Woodside’s Final Browse Plan Shows Why This Toxic Project Must Be Stopped
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned the “unacceptable” climate and environmental impacts listed in Woodside’s final Environmental Impact Statement for its Browse gas field, saying that it confirms why this toxic offshore drilling project must not go ahead. The Browse Environmental Impact Statement confirms that the gas field will produce approximately 1.6 billion tonnes of climate…
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Climate Bill Is A Start, But Now The Work Begins In Earnest
Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the passage of the Albanese Government’s Climate Bill through the Senate as a first step that must be followed by urgent practical action to tackle the climate crisis. Sam Regester, Campaigns Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “This is an important day for Australia, and one which we hope will mark…
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Global Week of Action for Climate Justice
On August 13th, youth and civil society organisations gathered around the world, to stand in solidarity with our Pacific family and champion support for the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (ICJAO) campaign, taking the world’s biggest problem to the world’s biggest Court. At the UN General Assembly in September this year, Vanuatu will be…
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Woodside’s Temporary Profit High Underscored By Mounting Climate Risk
Gas company Woodside’s temporary profit high is underscored by mounting climate risk, as environmental and market pressure grows around the company’s controversial Burrup Hub gas project, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Woodside posted first-half profits of $1.64 billion today but Greenpeace Australia Pacific Head of Clean Transitions Jess Panegyres warned investors that Woodside’s financial spike is…
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What is a Fuel Efficiency Standard (FES)?
A fuel efficiency standard is the first step to opening up the Australian market to more EVs and ensuring that demand for them can be met. A fuel efficiency standard is the first step to opening up the Australian market to more EVs and ensuring that demand for them can be met. Fuel efficiency standards…