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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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REPORT: Risky Business. Woodside’s Burrup Hub is a disaster in the making.
Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project is the nation’s biggest fossil fuel threat. If approved, it will jeopardise 54 vulnerable species, spew out 6.1 billion tonnes of CO2 and generate 13 times Australia’s annual emissions. Our Environment Minister has the power to stop this dangerous project from going ahead and define Labor’s legacy on nature.
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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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UN biodiversity target set to be missed by eight decades, Greenpeace warns
Cali, Colombia/Sydney, Monday 21 October 2024 – While governments begin talks at the UN Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia, a Greenpeace International report released today warns that at the current…
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Greenpeace slams Coalition’s ‘wild idea’ to pave the way for more gas
SYDNEY, Wednesday 16 October 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s election commitment to prolong the country’s use of fossil fuels by including gas in the…
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WA government passing the buck on climate responsibilities
PERTH, Tuesday 15 October 2024 — In response to the WA government’s decision to remove Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from state environmental assessments tabled in parliament today, the following comments…
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Australian coal, oil and gas companies are making climate change worse
Australia is the world’s third largest fossil fuel exporter, after only Russia and the US. Though often ignored in political discussions, these exports make up a whopping 80% of Australia’s global pollution. And who is responsible for all of those greenhouse gas emissions? A handful of Australian oil and gas companies.