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350.org Responds To OPEC Chief Urging Members To Reject Any COP28 Deal That Targets Fossil Fuels
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 5:03 pm | 350.org
Global - This Friday, major global press outlets leaked a letter from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) asking its members to reject any possible agreement at COP28 that mentions the phaseout of fossil fuels. This possibility would ... More >>
350.org Responds to Announcement By Countries to Triple Nuclear Energy
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 7:23 pm | 350.org
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES– Today at the UN Climate Talks, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Romania, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and South Korea are amongst a group of more than 20 countries that announced plans to triple ... More >>
Power Up: Pacific Islanders To Tour Australian Coal And Gas Country In Global Call For Renewable Energy
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 9:13 am | 350.org
Pacific – From 3rd to 5th November, the 350.org Pacific Climate Warriors will join traditional owners of Gomeroi Country in Australia, in a three-day tour of coal and gas extraction sites to call for a phase out of fossil fuels and a scale ... More >>
Fiji Climate Warriors Call For Fossil Fuel Treaty Ahead Of Climate Meeting In Bonn
Monday, 5 June 2023, 5:29 pm | 350.org
Fiji - 350.org Pacific Climate Warriors joined the Savura community in Fiji over the weekend, to celebrate Pacific climate leadership and encourage more Pacific governments to back the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty ahead of the Bonn Climate Change ... More >>
IPCC Report: Power Down To Power Up At The Scale And Speed That The Climate Crisis Demands
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 6:48 am | 350.org
The latest IPCC report, released today makes it clear that a rapid and equitable phase-out of all fossil fuels is necessary to avoid overshoot and minimize irreversible harm to people and ecosystems. Given the inequitable and catastrophic impact that ... More >>
Pacific Island Nations Commit To A Fossil Free Pacific And A Path To 100% Renewables
Friday, 17 March 2023, 10:07 pm | 350.org
Port Vila, Vanuatu – Today, Pacific Island governments committed to create a “Fossil Fuel Free Pacific” and agreed on new Pacific-tailored development pathways based on 100% renewable energy. Vanuatu and Tuvalu hosted the 2nd Pacific Ministerial Dialogue ... More >>
COP27: Keep 1.5 Alive And Phase Out All Fossil Fuels
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 5:50 am | 350.org
16 November Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - As the UN Climate Conference enters its final days, a coalition of civil society organizations warns that the COP27 risks being labeled a failure as debate rages over plans to ensure the final decision text of ... More >>
350.org Welcomes Fiji, Tuvalu, Kenya And Chile As New 'friends' Of Beyond Oil And Gas Alliance (BOGA)
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 5:42 am | 350.org
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt – This Wednesday (Nov 16), at the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), Fiji, Tuvalu, Kenya and Chile took an important step towards more ambitious national commitments to a managed phase-out of fossil fuels by joining ... More >>
COP27: Implementation COP Hangs In The Balance As Negotiations Struggle In The Final Hours
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 5:00 am | 350.org
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: As delegates and organizations wait for the release of the latest version of the cover text, failure to secure agreement on several key issues and lack of transparency from the COP presidency makes a deal at COP27 look unlikely. ... More >>
Pacific Climate Activists Join Protests Demanding More Ambition In Climate Negotiations
Monday, 14 November 2022, 6:40 am | 350.org
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – With the slogan “we are not yet defeated” hundreds of people marched on the morning of 12th of November at COP27 in Egypt to make it clear that civil society will not give up in defending their demands. Environmental ... More >>
350.org Responds To President Biden’s Speech At COP27
Sunday, 13 November 2022, 5:32 am | 350.org
12 November (Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt) Today U.S. President Biden gave a speech at COP27 where he announced U.S. initiatives and global commitments, including commitments to supporting adaptation in specific Global South regions, including ... More >>
To Relocate Or Stay? Climate Warriors Pose Questions Of Climate Mobility At COP2
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 4:54 am | 350.org
November 10 Sharm el-Sheikh - Today, the Pacific Climate Warriors launched the Frontline Truths: Stories of Climate Mobility platform at COP27 in Egypt. With stories of forced relocation, community displacement, as well as resilience and resistance ... More >>
Pacific Islanders Present Historic Declaration To Leaders At COP27
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 6:28 am | 350.org
Read the Kioa Climate Emergency Declaration here Sharm El Sheik - Pacific island youth met with Australian and Pacific Island leaders at COP27 on Nov 8, to present their demands on decarbonisation, additional loss and damage commitments and accessible ... More >>
Protesters Disrupt “Greenwash” Z Energy Auckland University Lecture
Friday, 5 August 2022, 5:56 am | 350.org
August 4: 30 students and climate activists disrupted a Z Energy lecture, hosted by Auckland University . The protesters stormed the stage with chants and songs, calling the event ‘greenwashing’ and criticising Auckland University for giving ... More >>
Pacific Climate Warrior Wins 2022 Global Citizen Award
Friday, 13 May 2022, 6:13 am | 350.org
Brianna Fruean, a Samoan Pacific Climate Warrior and environmental champion has been announced as a recipient of the Global Citizen Prize: Citizen Award , citing her work leading grassroots community projects for climate justice, and her commitment ... More >>
Over 1,500 Civil Society Organisations Call On Countries To Support Vanuatu Climate Justice Campaign
Friday, 6 May 2022, 5:39 am | 350.org
A global alliance of civil society groups, representing over 1500 civil society organisations in 130 countries, has launched today to support a powerful new climate justice initiative by the Government of Vanuatu to take the human rights impacts ... More >>
Pacific Climate Warriors Demand Climate Justice At COP26
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 8:46 pm | 350.org
The Pacific Climate Warriors delegation at COP26 delivered this Thursday the ' Youth4Pacific ' Declaration on Climate, signed by youth representatives from the Pacific and Pacific youth in the diaspora, frontline communities, grassroots organizations, youth networks, ... More >>
350 Pacific On Cyclone Yasa: Climate Change Is Here And Now
Friday, 18 December 2020, 2:52 pm | 350.org
Suva, Fiji — Barely a week after global celebrations for the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Cyclone Yasa ripped across Fiji with destructive winds of up to 345km/h . Such strong cyclones in the Pacific islands were rare in ... More >>
Pacific Island Artists Demand Governments Fulfill 1.5°C Promises In Film Series “Fighting For Our Survival”
Friday, 11 December 2020, 5:56 am | 350.org
Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, artists from the Pacific islands call for the international community to urgently defund the fossil fuel industry amidst the dual crises of climate change and COVID-19. The three-part film series, ... More >>
Time For A U.S. Climate President
Sunday, 8 November 2020, 2:46 pm | 350.org
Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States. Throughout their campaign, Biden and Harris have promised to Build Back Better and get the country on track for a Just Recovery. Climate change was a critical issue area of concern ... More >>