The Prime Minister’s ‘in principle’ backing of a climate fund would be good news and could break the deadlock at the heart of global climate negotiations, says Oxfam Australia’s Julie-Anne Richards.
As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd heads off to major international meetings with climate change high on the agenda this week, a new report reveals that seasons which were once distinct are shifting, destroying harvests and causing widespread hunger.
The Close the Gap campaign will be watching tomorrow’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin to see if governments commit to genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The proposed Emissions Trading Scheme needs to be urgently amended if Australia is to play a leadership role at international climate negotiations, Oxfam Australia Executive Director Andrew Hewett said today.
Oxfam welcomed the Australian Government’s call for international aviation and shipping emissions to be part of an international climate deal yesterday, but warned that poor small island states, which depend on air and sea links, should be exempt from the schemes.
A new report launched today (Thursday 11 June) could break the deadlock at the heart of the UN climate talks currently underway in Bonn - who is going to cut emissions and who is going to pay.
Australia must not let the divergence of opinion over its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) interfere with its role in helping accelerate global action on climate change when countries meet from Monday 1 June for the next round of UN climate talks, in Bonn.
Business leaders are joining the momentum to tackle climate change when they meet at an international summit in Copenhagen from Sunday.
The $200 million injection into Indigenous health in the Federal Budget builds on the Government’s unprecedented commitments over the past year, but significant investment is still needed to ensure the government stays on target to Close the Gap.
The Rudd Government has made a minor increase to its overseas aid spending, but fallen short of what’s needed to help the people being hurt most by the global financial crisis, international aid agency Oxfam said tonight.