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Although #COP31 will be held in Türkiye, Australia's role as president of the negotiations is a crucial one. This will be an vital opportunity for Australia to drive an ambitious climate agenda, and step up its own climate leadership.
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Anger, questions over Albanese’s call to concede COP to Turkey
Premier Peter Malinauskas said it was up to the federal government to explain why it had changed its negotiating position to prioritise the Pacific over SA.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Although #COP31 will be held in Türkiye, Australia's role as president of the negotiations is a crucial one. This will be an vital opportunity for Australia to drive an ambitious climate agenda, and step up its own climate leadership.
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#COP31: "Minister Bowen says that the government has come to this agreement with Türkiye in the best interests of climate action. Now he needs to back up his words and do something about it."
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Despite COP31 being held in Türkiye, Australia must take advantage of crucial presidency role
ActionAid Australia is calling on the Australian Government to use its presidency of the COP31 negotiations to show climate leadership by phasing out fossil fuels and scaling up finance for women-led ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#COP31: "Minister Bowen says that the government has come to this agreement with Türkiye in the best interests of climate action. Now he needs to back up his words and do something about it."
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ActionAid welcomes Australia joining the Global Statement on Gender Equality and Climate Action at #COP30, released yesterday. We encourage the Australian Government to continue to show leadership in the Gender Action Plan negotiations.
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ActionAid welcomes Global Statement on Gender Equality and Climate Action at COP30
ActionAid welcomes Australia joining the Global Statement on Gender Equality and Climate Action at COP30, released yesterday.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ActionAid welcomes Australia joining the Global Statement on Gender Equality and Climate Action at #COP30, released yesterday. We encourage the Australian Government to continue to show leadership in the Gender Action Plan negotiations.
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ActionAid Australia is here in Belém, Brazil for #COP30 with the rest of the ActionAid team, as well as youth representatives and our partners. We'll be updating you on our work here over the next few weeks at the world's biggest climate change conference.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
ActionAid Australia is here in Belém, Brazil for #COP30 with the rest of the ActionAid team, as well as youth representatives and our partners. We'll be updating you on our work here over the next few weeks at the world's biggest climate change conference.
So wonderful to see ActionAid's work with ni-Vanuatu women featured in Marie Claire magazine. Thanks to Justine Cullen for travelling to #Vanuatu and sharing the voices of the these women. And thank you to Harriet Pratten for your extraordinary photography.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So wonderful to see ActionAid's work with ni-Vanuatu women featured in Marie Claire magazine. Thanks to Justine Cullen for travelling to #Vanuatu and sharing the voices of the these women. And thank you to Harriet Pratten for your extraordinary photography.
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#Gaza “Pregnant women are giving birth and raising newborns in tents, without clean water, food, or warmth. No mother should have to choose between feeding herself or keeping her baby warm. The people of Gaza are trapped in a cycle of survival while winter is fast approaching."
‘No mother should have to choose between food and warmth’: Pregnant women and babies in Gaza face deadly winter without aid.
As winter approaches, pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza are facing unbearable conditions. ActionAid warns that thousands of women are giving birth in tents without food, clean water, or medical c...
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October 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#Gaza “Pregnant women are giving birth and raising newborns in tents, without clean water, food, or warmth. No mother should have to choose between feeding herself or keeping her baby warm. The people of Gaza are trapped in a cycle of survival while winter is fast approaching."
"ActionAid stands for #UNRWA institutions and efforts to be fully funded, reinstated and facilitated throughout the occupied Palestinian territory. Israel is legally obliged to ensure the survival and basic needs of Palestinians, not weaponise starvation against them."
Reaffirming UNRWA’s essential role for Palestinian well-being and rights
Jamil Sawalmeh, Country Director of ActionAid Palestine, says: “The decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is welcomed as a confirmation of what we have been seeing firsthand and calling...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"ActionAid stands for #UNRWA institutions and efforts to be fully funded, reinstated and facilitated throughout the occupied Palestinian territory. Israel is legally obliged to ensure the survival and basic needs of Palestinians, not weaponise starvation against them."
We are in a pivotal moment for #Palestine. Join our webinar this Thursday with Jamil Sawalmeh from ActionAid Palestine, about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the challenges that lie ahead, and how we can take action in solidarity for Palestine.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
We are in a pivotal moment for #Palestine. Join our webinar this Thursday with Jamil Sawalmeh from ActionAid Palestine, about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the challenges that lie ahead, and how we can take action in solidarity for Palestine.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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#Gaza: “We know there is still a long road ahead, but today, we are cautiously optimistic that the world will do what is needed so this day can be the beginning of justice, recovery, and dignity for the Palestinian people.”
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Gaza: "After two years of genocide... this announcement brings cautious relief"
We know there is still a long road ahead, but today, we are cautiously optimistic that the world will do what is needed so this day can be the beginning of justice, recovery, and dignity for the Palestinian people.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#Gaza: “We know there is still a long road ahead, but today, we are cautiously optimistic that the world will do what is needed so this day can be the beginning of justice, recovery, and dignity for the Palestinian people.”
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Join us this Sunday as we march alongside thousands of Australians calling for justice for #Palestine. Our solidarity is our strength. Will you join us?
October 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Join us this Sunday as we march alongside thousands of Australians calling for justice for #Palestine. Our solidarity is our strength. Will you join us?
Our colleagues in #Gaza highlight the reality on the ground: "There isn’t a single day when we feel secure or fed. Everyone eats very little, afraid food will run out. Nothing is safe. Delivering humanitarian aid often means risking our lives under bombardment."
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Gaza: “The world’s silence and inaction has been devastating"
As the grim mark of two years of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza approaches, ActionAid amplifies the voices of our partners and colleagues who continue to deliver lifesaving aid amidst...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Our colleagues in #Gaza highlight the reality on the ground: "There isn’t a single day when we feel secure or fed. Everyone eats very little, afraid food will run out. Nothing is safe. Delivering humanitarian aid often means risking our lives under bombardment."
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Today's news is deeply disappointing. Government’s new emission reduction target of 62%-70% by 2035 falls well short of what’s needed to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis for communities across Australia and the women we work with around the world on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Australia vows to cut emissions 62 to 70 per cent by 2035
Australia will vow to cut its emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035, lifting its sights further as the world strives to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Today's news is deeply disappointing. Government’s new emission reduction target of 62%-70% by 2035 falls well short of what’s needed to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis for communities across Australia and the women we work with around the world on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
“Today, the United Nations concluded that Israel has committed genocide in #Gaza. This is what we have been warning about all along. The report makes clear that four out of five conditions of genocide are met. The world must stop the impunity of Israel."
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The forced reoccupation of Gaza City leaves people with an impossible choice
We now need urgent action from international governments. All arms exports to Israel must be banned, sanctions imposed, and Israeli must be held accountable for violations of international humanitarian law.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“Today, the United Nations concluded that Israel has committed genocide in #Gaza. This is what we have been warning about all along. The report makes clear that four out of five conditions of genocide are met. The world must stop the impunity of Israel."
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We urgently need the Australian Government to stop extracting and burning fossil fuels and to support communities in Australia and globally to scale up adaptation and disaster response. In Australia, First Nations communities and marginalised groups are the most impacted.
First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050
One and a half million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050 unless climate change can be limited, Australia’s first national climate risk assessment warns.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We urgently need the Australian Government to stop extracting and burning fossil fuels and to support communities in Australia and globally to scale up adaptation and disaster response. In Australia, First Nations communities and marginalised groups are the most impacted.
The government's approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension is inconceivable at time when communities across Australia and the world are facing the devastation of #climate disaster upon climate disaster.
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Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art
Environment minister Murray Watt says he’s confident new conditions imposed on the North West Shelf gas project extension will ‘protect jobs … and protect the rock art’
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September 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The government's approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension is inconceivable at time when communities across Australia and the world are facing the devastation of #climate disaster upon climate disaster.
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As PM Albanese arrives in Honiara for the Pacific Islands Forum, @sophiehardefeldt.bsky.social highlights practical ways the Australia can achieve its #climate finance obligations, to support Pacific women & their communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
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Australia’s Climate Finance Moment: Will It Step Up for the Pacific?
If Australia wants to step up as a climate leader on the global stage, it must put its words into action and put real money on the table so that women and frontline communities across the Pacific and ...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
As PM Albanese arrives in Honiara for the Pacific Islands Forum, @sophiehardefeldt.bsky.social highlights practical ways the Australia can achieve its #climate finance obligations, to support Pacific women & their communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
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We are gravely alarmed by the planned reoccupation of #Gaza City, which threatens to devastate communities and endanger lives, particularly pregnant women already living in severe famine conditions.
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Gaza City reoccupation threatens 50% of ActionAid local partners and puts starving pregnant women at extreme risk
ActionAid is gravely alarmed by the planned reoccupation of Gaza City, which threatens to devastate communities, silence local civil society organisations, and endanger the lives of countless civilians, particularly pregnant women already living in severe famine conditions.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We are gravely alarmed by the planned reoccupation of #Gaza City, which threatens to devastate communities and endanger lives, particularly pregnant women already living in severe famine conditions.
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ActionAid is on the ground delivering emergency relief such as food, basic supplies and hygiene kits in response to the #Afghanistan earthquake. Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and menstruating girls are most in danger and need urgent support.
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“The greatest loss was our children, this pain cannot be described” ActionAid responds to the Afghanistan Earthquake.
Following a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on 31 August, causing widespread devastation across the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, and Laghman. More than 2,200 people have...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
ActionAid is on the ground delivering emergency relief such as food, basic supplies and hygiene kits in response to the #Afghanistan earthquake. Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and menstruating girls are most in danger and need urgent support.
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ActionAid has joined other NGOs to call on the Australian Government to arrive at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum with a bold new #climate finance commitment, in step with Pacific leaders’ urgent calls for action.
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Ahead of Pacific Islands Forum, Australia must triple climate finance and back Pacific leadership
Climate and development organisations are calling on the Australian Government to arrive at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum with a bold new climate finance commitment, in step with Pacific leaders’ ...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ActionAid has joined other NGOs to call on the Australian Government to arrive at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum with a bold new #climate finance commitment, in step with Pacific leaders’ urgent calls for action.
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ActionAid is responding to the devastating earthquake in #Afghanistan. The most urgent needs are healthcare, food, clean water, search & rescue teams, and equipment. We are particularly concerned about women who face heightened vulnerabilities in emergencies.
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Afghanistan earthquake: ActionAid racing against time to provide urgent humanitarian aid
The scale of this tragedy is heartbreaking. We are concerned about the welfare of the affected communities, particularly women and girls who face heightened vulnerabilities in emergencies.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
ActionAid is responding to the devastating earthquake in #Afghanistan. The most urgent needs are healthcare, food, clean water, search & rescue teams, and equipment. We are particularly concerned about women who face heightened vulnerabilities in emergencies.
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"... the most affected people in this aggression are pregnant and breastfeeding #women... Our hospital’s nutrition department is distributing supplements for the women, [but] the need is greater than our capacity.”
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7 out of 10 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza are malnourished, doctors tell ActionAid
According to Al Awda hospital, an alarming 70 to 75% of the 300 daily pregnant and breastfeeding women who visit ActionAid’s partner, Al Awda hospital, are reported to be suffering from malnutrition.
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September 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"... the most affected people in this aggression are pregnant and breastfeeding #women... Our hospital’s nutrition department is distributing supplements for the women, [but] the need is greater than our capacity.”
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A famine in #Gaza has been confirmed by the IPC after months of deliberate starvation imposed through the Israeli government’s blockade of lifesaving aid. help.actionaid.org.au/4lDVKTG
August 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A famine in #Gaza has been confirmed by the IPC after months of deliberate starvation imposed through the Israeli government’s blockade of lifesaving aid. help.actionaid.org.au/4lDVKTG
We are proud to be one of the many organisations who have endorsed the Nationwide March for Palestine. This weekend will be a huge moment of solidarity with #Palestine - please join your local rally!
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We are proud to be one of the many organisations who have endorsed the Nationwide March for Palestine. This weekend will be a huge moment of solidarity with #Palestine - please join your local rally!
The majority of Australians agree that coal, oil and gas corporations should pay for the damage caused by their climate pollution, and that #climate change and extreme weather is contributing to cost-of-living pressures.
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Make Big Polluters Pay: Australians think coal, oil and gas corporations should pay for climate pollution damage
75% of Australians believe that climate change is increasing the cost of living, as new alliance calls on Government to take action ahead of Economic Reform Roundtable
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August 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The majority of Australians agree that coal, oil and gas corporations should pay for the damage caused by their climate pollution, and that #climate change and extreme weather is contributing to cost-of-living pressures.
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We welcome the Australian Government's decision to recognise Palestine next month at the United Nations.
We urge the Australian Government to support the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state that enables the Palestinian people to live freely with dignity and justice.
We urge the Australian Government to support the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state that enables the Palestinian people to live freely with dignity and justice.
August 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We welcome the Australian Government's decision to recognise Palestine next month at the United Nations.
We urge the Australian Government to support the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state that enables the Palestinian people to live freely with dignity and justice.
We urge the Australian Government to support the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state that enables the Palestinian people to live freely with dignity and justice.