Australia not pulling its weight on climate finance

Australia is only funding one-tenth of its fair share of climate finance globally, according to a new Oxfam and ActionAid report which calls on the country to immediately increase its climate finance commitments from $400 million to $3 billion ahead of COP27 in November. 

It comes as former Pacific leaders urge Australia to stop digging up, exporting, and burning fossil fuels in order to help save vulnerable Pacific nations, many of which are facing existential threats.

While EV sales almost tripled in 2021, fossil-fuel powered SUVs accounted for half of all new car sales, according to a new report. With transport accounting for about 18 per cent of Australia’s carbon emissions, it’s time for a strong fuel efficiency standard to get Australia moving on clean cars. 

And Happy Greenpeace Day! Today is a day dedicated to bringing about a change in the way we treat our environment and marks the first Greenpeace voyage on 15 September 1971 💚

Australia is funding just one-tenth of its fair share of global climate action, study finds

Australia is being urged to increase its investment in climate action with a new report estimating the country is funding just one-tenth of its fair share globally.

Real climate action will cement Australia’s reconnection with Pacific

The new Australian administration is a breath of fresh air for relations with the Pacific. But we need Australia to stop digging up, exporting and burning fossil fuels and become a global climate leader. This will help save all members of the Pacific family, including Australia.

‘Wake-up call’: SUV sales cancel carbon savings from electric cars

The latest report on light vehicle emissions intensity by the National Transport Commission shows that average carbon pollution from new cars sold in Australia fell just 2 per cent in 2021.

Huge sections of Ningaloo coast's famed Coral Bay reef 'dead' after spawning event

Scientists say a square kilometre of coral is dead in Coral Bay on WA’s Ningaloo coast, after a spawning event starved the bay of oxygen and killed thousands of fish.

The Waratah Big Battery, part of the Hunter Renewable Energy Zone, has been classified as state significant infrastructure

The Waratah Super Battery, which will partially offset the closure of Eraring Power Station, has been declared as Critical State Significant Infrastructure, a move to reinforce the importance of the project to the state's energy network.