climate crisis

The Future Gas Strategy sends a message to the gas industry that the government will continue to let them expand their business operations.

A new youth-led study is being presented at COP28 on how climate change is having a profound impact on girls’ education in the Asia Pacific.

At COP28, are world leaders ignoring the climate crisis’ impact on vulnerable communities, or do they simply not care?

Reproductive health rights of women and girls are missing from national climate plans in two thirds of countries, according to the UNFPA.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has, for the first time, affirmed the children’s right to a sustainable environment. 

Women are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, and yet they’re often the first to take action when disasters strike. 

The big news of COP27 was agreement to establish a fund for ‘loss and damage’. But many lamented the summit’s overall outcome, saying it falls short of a sufficient response to the climate crisis.

Young people are demanding greater climate action at this year’s COP27, naming this the greatest intergenerational justice youth face today. 

Greta Thunberg has told Australians to wake up and treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is in an interview with the ABC’s 7.30.

Leading health professionals have noted the deaths that have already occurred in Australia as a result of climate change.

“The recent election results have reignited hope. Australians voted, in huge numbers, for those standing for urgent action on climate change.”

The urgency of tackling climate change is even higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and other First Nation peoples across the globe. They need to be part of the solution.