Australia rejoins UN Green Climate Fund

Australia will rejoin the world’s major global climate finance fund, reversing a Morrison government decision to withdraw from the United Nations initiative. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Shiva Gounden said rejoining the fund was the “right decision” but added “Contributing to the fund without stopping all new coal and gas projects is like showing up at a fire with an extinguisher in one hand and a flamethrower in the other.”

West Australian police have asked the ABC to hand over all footage collected by its flagship investigations program Four Corners related to climate protests, including footage targeting the home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill.

Australia is at risk of losing 20 per cent of its frogs to climate change and other threats and the global picture is even worse with 41 per cent of the world’s amphibians at risk of extinction. 

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ABC asked to hand over all WA climate protest footage
The public broadcaster received an order to produce footage from the Western Australia Police Force, ahead of the airing of a Four Corners episode next Monday.

Australia rejoins global climate fund, reversing Morrison decision
Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on Thursday morning that Australia would rejoin the fund and announce a “modest contribution” before the end of the year.

Australia at risk of losing 20 per cent of its frogs to climate change, analysis shows
A landmark assessment has found 41 per cent of the world's amphibians including frogs, toads and salamanders are at risk of extinction. In Australia, it's only half that. Even so, one in five frog species could disappear from native ecosystems in the coming years.

Santos in the dock over 'clean gas', net-zero plans
Oil and gas giant Santos will front up for a court hearing over the credibility of selling "clean" gas and plans for net-zero emissions.

Floods linked to increased deaths from heart and lung disease, Australian-led research shows
Thursday’s study was “important”, said Dr Kimberly Humphrey, a public health medical consultant with SA Health. Humphrey argued that without addressing the root cause of disasters – climate change caused by fossil fuels – health impacts would escalate with worsening outcomes.

Coalition of environmentalists calls on Premier Jacinta Allan to abolish VicForests
Sixty Victorian not-for-profit organisations have written to Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Tim Pallas to urge them to abolish state-owned logging business VicForests. They say the organisation has outlived its purpose and lost public support.

September annihilates all-time global temperature record by 'extraordinary amount'
September didn't just break the global temperature record; it obliterated the record by an unprecedented margin.

EU climate scientists: 2023 on track to be ‘warmest year on record’
The scientists also said data from the month of September contained the largest temperature anomalies of any year stretching back to 1940, with the month as a whole found to be 1.75C warmer when compared to the pre-industrial period.