Kate O'Callaghan
@kateokate.bsky.social
Head of Communications at Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Believer in people power. Lover of kimchi. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Great story in @australia.theguardian.com about #Vanuatu and Melanesian Spearhead Group's powerful opening testimony to the ICJ Judges — compared to Australia's submission later in the day which was deeply lacking in ambition to address #climate impacts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond UN commitments
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Great story in @australia.theguardian.com about #Vanuatu and Melanesian Spearhead Group's powerful opening testimony to the ICJ Judges — compared to Australia's submission later in the day which was deeply lacking in ambition to address #climate impacts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Such a momentous day here in The Hague yesterday as the first day of oral hearings at the #ICJ commenced — a pivotal point in the historic, Pacific-led campaign for a #climate #ICJAO — and we stood with our friends + allies from around the world in peaceful demonstration for #climatejustice 💚
December 3, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Such a momentous day here in The Hague yesterday as the first day of oral hearings at the #ICJ commenced — a pivotal point in the historic, Pacific-led campaign for a #climate #ICJAO — and we stood with our friends + allies from around the world in peaceful demonstration for #climatejustice 💚
Excited to be the here in The Hague w/ Greenpeace, #Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change & World's Youth for Climate Justice, as part of the historic Pacific-led campaign taking #climatechange to the world's highest court, the #ICJ. Join our webinar with @australiainstitute.org.au Dec 3!
Climate Obligations on Trial
On Tuesday 3 December, in the early hours of our morning, the Australian Government will appear before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, to provide an oral pleading to inform the ICJ’s ...
australiainstitute.org.au
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Excited to be the here in The Hague w/ Greenpeace, #Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change & World's Youth for Climate Justice, as part of the historic Pacific-led campaign taking #climatechange to the world's highest court, the #ICJ. Join our webinar with @australiainstitute.org.au Dec 3!
Bitterly disappointing outcome from #COP29. But we will dust off, regroup and we will fight to ensure the voices of the most climate vulnerable communities are heard in Belem in 2025. Deepest respect for everyone who works so tirelessly to drive forward global #climate ambition against the odds.
‘We will fight’: Bitter disappointment in Baku must catalyse action on the road to COP30 in Belem - Greenpeace Australia Pacific
BAKU, Sunday 24 November 2024 — The COP29 climate talks have ended in disappointment today, with the most climate-impacted countries exasperated by what is widely seen as a grossly inadequate finance ...
www.greenpeace.org.au
November 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Excellent story in Guardian Australia today — Greenpeace data shows emissions from Woodside's proposed #BurrupHub project greater than annual emissions of all #Pacific nations combined. Pacific leaders at #COP29 slam Australia's #gas expansion plans, saying it is "not acting in good faith"
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Labor government ‘not acting in good faith’ when it stands on global stage and promotes its climate credentials, special envoy at Cop29 says
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Excellent story in Guardian Australia today — Greenpeace data shows emissions from Woodside's proposed #BurrupHub project greater than annual emissions of all #Pacific nations combined. Pacific leaders at #COP29 slam Australia's #gas expansion plans, saying it is "not acting in good faith"
Infuriating to see another yet COP host country spruiking #fossilfuels as 'a gift from God' and making dodgy business deals behind the scenes. Speaking from Baku, Greenpeace Head of Pacific Shiva Gounden says for Pacific nations, the reality is they are a curse #COP29 www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
'Fossil fuels are a curse': Greenpeace Pacific head responds Azerbaijan's COP29 remarks
The environment organisation's chief Pacific campaigner described the comments by Azerbaijan's president that oil and gas are a "gift of God" as "disappointing".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Infuriating to see another yet COP host country spruiking #fossilfuels as 'a gift from God' and making dodgy business deals behind the scenes. Speaking from Baku, Greenpeace Head of Pacific Shiva Gounden says for Pacific nations, the reality is they are a curse #COP29 www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...