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Demanding Climate Justice for the Pacific
Taking the world’s biggest issue to the world’s highest court – the International Court of Justice! Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts activist holds a sign asking Pacific governments to “Vote YES for Climate Justice” as the Vanuatu Government and civil society organisations seek an advisory opinion at the International Court of Justice. |Fiji Sun This week…
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Pacific Leaders’ Endorsement For ICJ Advisory Opinion Bid Must Spur Global Groundswell
The support from Pacific leaders for an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is welcomed and must begin a global groundswell of support ahead of the UN General Assembly in September, The Civil Society Alliance Supporting an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Climate Change (CSO…
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Australian And NZ Invitation For Co-Hosted COP With Pacific Must Be Matched By Support For ICJ Advisory Opinion Bid
The invitation from Australia and New Zealand for Pacific Island nations to be part of a joint bid to host a future UN climate summit is welcomed, but firm commitments are required, including backing the Vanuatu government-led campaign for an ICJ advisory opinion on the human rights impacts of climate change says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
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Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Calling On Leaders To Endorse Climate Justice At Pif
Young Pacific activists and students, alongside Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Amnesty International, and others held a major flotilla calling on world leaders to support climate justice by endorsing the campaign for an advisory opinion on the human rights impacts of climate change at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) kicks…
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‘The Pacific Can’t Survive If Richest Corporations And Governments Continue To Put Profits Over People And Planet’
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has warned that the survival of the Pacific is in peril if the world’s biggest polluters continue to put profit over people and planet, in Suva overnight. Prime Minister Loughman made the remarks at the launch event for a powerful coalition of civil society groups who have come together to…
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IPCC report: a last chance for climate action for a Pacific in peril
SYDNEY, Feb 28 2022 – The latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has revealed the devastating impact to Pacific islands and communities if the world exceeds 1.5 degrees of warming, warning this threshold may soon be surpassed unless much stronger action is taken to reduce emissions.The IPCC report, the most…
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Climate change is a man-made problem that disproportionately impacts women. It needs feminist solutions
The solutions to climate change will come from the bottom-up – from the community-owned solutions of the margins and from the Global South. Climate change is not gender-neutral. As Mary Robinson has said “Climate change is a man made crisis that needs a feminist solution”. On gender day at COP26 it’s important to remember that…
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Diplomatic bully: Australia’s climate obstruction in the Pacific revealed
Australia uses diplomatic strong-arm tactics to water down outcomes in Pacific climate negotiations and buy silence on climate change, a new investigation from Greenpeace Australia Pacific has revealed.Greenpeace’s new report, Australia: Pacific Bully and International Outcast reveals: The Australian government uses bullying tactics in regional negotiations on climate change, according to former Pacific Island leaders…
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At COP and in the Pacific, no one wants to be friends with a bully
With the release of Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new report Pacific Bully and International Outcast, there’s now definitive proof Australia exploits and bullies Pacific Island nations’ desperate need for action in the face of climate change, writes Shiva Gounden from COP2 in Glasgow. |During the opening of the COP26, 200 women gathered at Mt Yasur, an…
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We’re going to COP26 in Glasgow to make leaders step up and tackle the climate crisis
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Board Member and human rights lawyer Kavita Naidu leads our Pacific delegation that will fight for climate justice at COP26. In less than a week, world leaders and representatives of almost 200 countries will meet in Glasgow, Scotland to come to an agreement on how to rein in a climate crisis that…