Australia has joined a major international initiative to end international public finance for fossil fuels at an event held at the UK Government Pavilion today at COP28. Australia follows Norway, who also joined the initiative on Saturday.
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Australiaâs largest-ever civil disobedience protest stops half a million tonnes of coal exports
They are calling it the largest civil disobedience climate protest in the history of Australia. This weekend, thousands of activists, young and old, from across the country descended on the worldâs largest coal port at Muloobinba (Newcastle), on Awabakal and Worimi land and water.
Blocking a Carbon Bomb: Tiwi Islanders prevent $4.7 billion Barossa offshore gas project in Australia
In a landmark decision, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that Santos Ltd, one of the worldâs top 20 largest oil and gas companies, would not be allowed to drill in the Barossa gas fields off the coast of northern Australia, solidifying legal victory for the Tiwi Islander Plaintiffs.
âWe’re not in an energy crisis, we’re in a fossil fuel crisisâ â advocates discuss fossil fuels at onset of COP27
“Make no mistake â the fossil gas agenda is a neocolonial agenda and patriarchal one. Fossil gas will not provide âenergy securityâ in Africa or anywhere else.” âLorraine Chiponda
Catastrophic Sydney flooding becomes ânew normalâ as climate crisis intensifies
âDo not assume you will be safe tonightâ warned the Australian authorities yesterday to thousands of residents of the countryâs largest city, Sydney, which is yet again experiencing catastrophic flooding.
Climate Hope: Will Australiaâs new Prime Minister go from climate laggard to leader?
Yesterday, Australia’s liberal Labor Party secured enough seats to hold an outright majority in the House, as the counting of votes continued ten days on from the historic election.
New report exposes five wealthy countries whose fossil fuel production threatens chance at 1.5ÂșC
The new report finds that wealthy nations â the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, and Australia â planning to approve and subsidize new fossil fuel projects which undermines their recent claims of leadership in addressing the climate crisis.
The Fossil Fuelled Five: Comparing Rhetoric with Reality on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
The new report finds that wealthy nations â the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, and Australia â planning to approve and subsidize new fossil fuel projects which undermines their recent claims of leadership in addressing the climate crisis.
Australiaâs climate plan dismissed as meaningless spin and âtoo little, too lateâ
Just days before COP26, Australia’s long-awaited climate plan has been slammed by civil society, scientists and opposition politicians as void of substance and full of spin.
As COP 26 Host, UK Gov. drops climate commitments from trade deal with Oz
The British Government is coming under increasing pressure over its hosting of the COP26 climate conference to be held in Scotland in November.