Political upheavals across Asia show how climate breakdown deepens inequalities and breeds social unrest. Global heating is on track to breach the critical 1.5°C limit, and communities across Asia pay the highest price in lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems lost.
Every fraction of a degree beyond 1.5°C would mean greater damage to both Australian communities and to its Pacific neighbours on the frontline of rising sea levels and extreme weather.
The research shows that fossil fuels produced by the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, including ExxonMobil, BP, Saudi Aramco and Shell, have directly intensified and increased the frequency of heatwaves across the globe.
Climate campaigners have condemned BP’s decision to push ahead with reopening the North Sea’s Murlach oil field in direct defiance of Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s call to halt new fossil fuel projects.
The Global Climate Strike to take place during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. Young people around the world will mobilize to demand urgent, justice-centered action to phase out fossil fuels and build a sustainable future for all.
European Union and China today issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to climate cooperation, green trade, and the Paris Agreement.
