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IPCC’s final-hour warning on climate change
The final report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Cycle is the final-hour warning before the clock runs out on 1.5°C, and we must pull every lever to achieve the globally agreed objective, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. The IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report, which integrates findings from the six reports the…
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Nations Come Together As Historic Climate Justice Vote Draws Near
Today’s release of the question to be voted on at the UN General Assembly as part of the bid for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change and human rights represents strides forward for climate justice that all nations must now get behind, a group of youth activists and civil society…
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Frontline Nations Overcome Odds To Ensure Climate Justice Isn’t Lost Or Damaged At COP27
As the gavel comes down at COP27, countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis including Pacific Island nations have compelled world leaders to take a step forward on climate justice by establishing a loss and damage finance facility, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. The COP27 final decision text does not see any improved commitments to…
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Australia Doesn’t Get A Gold Star For Not Being The Morrison Government
Today’s national statement from the Australian government at COP27 was another missed opportunity to back up the Australian government’s stated goals for the conference and support its Pacific neighbours on the key existential issue of loss and damage, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. In announcing Australia is back as a constructive, positive and willing climate collaborator,…
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Enough Talk, Australia Needs To Walk The Walk At COP27
In response to Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Senator Jennifer McAllister’s comments on the Australian government’s position on loss and damage at COP27, Shiva Gounden, Pacific advisor at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “The Australian government is working overtime to bolster its reputation at COP27, but at the cost of any real, meaningful action.
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Ten Years Of Loss & Damage Finance = One Year Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies
SYDNEY, Thursday 10th November 2022 – As loss and damage shapes up to be the top issue on the agenda at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, a new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific has found just one year of subsidies handed out to the fossil fuel industry in Australia could fund the loss and damage caused…
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Australia Counting COP27 Chickens Before They Hatch
The Australian government cannot afford to spend a second successive week at the COP27 climate summit counting chickens before they hatch if it is to strengthen relationships with the Pacific and earn the right to co-host COP31 with Pacific nations, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said. Prior to COP27 kicking off in Sharm El-Sheikh, Climate Change Minister…
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Toyota Car Sales To Push Planet Beyond 1.5C Heating Limit: Study
Carmakers worldwide, including Australians most trusted brand Toyota, are on track to sell an estimated 400 million more diesel and petrol vehicles than is feasible to keep global heating under 1.5°C, according to a new report published by Greenpeace Germany. [1][2] The overshoot is equivalent to approximately five times the total number of cars and…
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Time For Australia To Walk Its Talk For The Pacific As Loss And Damage Added To COP27 Agenda
Australia’s move to back loss and damage talks at COP27 is a step in the right direction, but must be followed by full-throated support for the establishment of a loss and damage finance facility if it wants to walk the talk on its COP31 bid with the Pacific, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. Australia’s Minister for…
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Two Questions For Chris Bowen Before He Leaves For COP27
Over the weekend, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced Australia’s bid to co-host COP31 in 2026 with Pacific nations, and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy has supported the inclusion of Loss and Damage on the COP27 agenda.