Posts tagged ‘UNFCCC’
Merribek NGOs advocate for Australian climate commitments for COP27
The following statement was sent to Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen and Federal MP for Wills Peter Khalil on 9 October 2022 urging them to adopt commitments regarding the Global methane Pledge, climate finance and rejoining the Green Climate Fund, to take to the UN climate conference COP27.
We look like already achieving a partial win on this. On 13 October Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said on Radio National that Australia is considering signing the Global Methane Pledge, reports the Guardian.
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Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan
COP25 is coming up (Dec 2-13, 2019) to be held now in Madrid, Spain, and one of the main items up for negotiation is loss and damage – when the impacts of climate change go beyond what it is possible to adapt to, with a particular focus on most vulnerable countries.
This is an issue that Pacific countries, particularly Vanuatu and Timor Leste, have been very vocal on. Unsurprisingly, Australia continues to be one of the worst countries on this issue.
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Climate Action Moreland: people in Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner and Glenroy wanting action on climate change 