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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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Ask your MPs and Senators to #BlockBrowse
Woodside’s Browse gas project will be reviewed soon – it’s time to take action! The clock is ticking both in Western Australia and Canberra. The clock signals our window of opportunity to stop something massive. |Humpback whales travel north to the warm waters of Ningaloo Gulf to give birth to calves but sometimes they don’t…
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Woodside’s Browse project is a climate wrecker
Check out Midnight Oil’s mic drop moment Playing to full crowds in Perth, Canberra, and Sydney, with Woodside management and politicians in attendance, the rock legends stopped their show mid-way through to slam Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project – and its newest phase, Browse. Iconic protest band Midnight Oil had a stellar mic drop moment…
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How do we clean up Australia’s transport?
Giving Australians the cleaner transport options they want and need Our transport sector is the 3rd largest source of greenhouse pollution – and it’s growing. How does the transport sector put emissions into reverse and clean up its act? Motor vehicles and railway train traffic on Sydney Harbour bridge in motion inside massive steel arch…
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Fossils belong in a museum
Why electrifying our transport is the way forward We need to make the switch from fossil fuels to electric vehicles – find out more about electric vehicles and how they will help bring down our transport emissions. Various shots of traffic in Birmingham city center, including details of car exhaust pipes in stationary traffic around…
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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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Our fight for safe, healthy oceans continues #IGC5
The fate of our oceans is being decided this month at the United Nations. Countries are meeting to finalise a new Global Ocean Treaty. A strong Treaty will make it possible to create vast ocean sanctuaries on the high seas. This is a vital step on the road to 30×30, 30% of the oceans protected…
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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…
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Here’s how you can hold plastic polluters accountable beyond Plastic Free July
Reducing plastic waste in our everyday lives is important, but it’s time to stop single use plastic production at its source.