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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 7d

Inaction on climate is costing our communities thousands in skyrocketing insurance costs, repair bills and disaster recovery.

Climate impacts will impact all Australians - but our stories are powerful, and our stories can drive real policy change.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15d

I reckon a fossil fuel being heavily promoted at climate week is a bad thing

Natural gas is making a quiet but highly placed comeback at Climate Week. At a number of events on Tuesday, senior officials made a case for gas as essential for energy security and a buttress to renewables. Anna Bjerde, managing director of operations at the World Bank, told a small group of reporters that the lender is agnostic about which technologies it helps finance to improve access to electricity around Africa. The main focus of that work has been on solar, she said, but “gas has to be discussed and pursued” for providing baseload power. “We should be leaning in to help countries develop gas.”

That view should get a warm reception from the Trump administration, which has reportedly been pressuring the World Bank to unwind its restrictions on financing oil and gas production. And it was a view echoed in a separate briefing at the Rockefeller Foundation offices by Daniel Chapo, president of Mozambique, who said he is working to expand the country’s large hydroelectric dam while also pursuing gas production deals with Western drilling companies, and hopes to use more of that gas for domestic power plants.

In the evening, between glasses of prosecco and mini lobster rolls at a reception in a high-end Times Square hotel, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, director-general for energy at the European Commission, took the podium alongside Toby Rice, CEO of major US gas producer EQT, and lauded the security benefits of LNG. “The energy war in Ukraine has come to redefine our strategy of independence,” she said. “The energy transition will continue to be our path, but we will need gas for many years to come.”

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 15d

She may be on leave, but Jo couldn’t stay quiet on our 2035 climate targets.

Yr 12 students are setting the bar high for their exams right now. Why can’t our govt set the bar high for their future?

62-70% is not good enough. Find and tell your Labor MP & Senators: aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 15d

At last week's hearing on the National Climate Risk Assessment, our CEO Serena Joyner explained: fossil fuel corporations rake in record profits, while we're left to pay for the climate damage they cause.

It's time they paid their fair share.

Sign: bushfiresurvivors.org/mbpp

#MakeBigPollutersPay

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 20d

📞 Contact your Labor representatives today at: www.aph.gov.au/senators_and...

Tell them: This is NOT good enough. We need strong climate targets to help make our communities safer.

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#2035ClimateTargets #StrongerTargetSaferFuture

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 20d

Australia’s 2035 target of 62–70% isn’t strong enough. If every country did this, we’d exceed 2.4°C of warming.

That would bring more frequent and dangerous bushfires, more deaths from heat and smoke, and 5 times the damage bill.

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#2035ClimateTargets #StrongerTargetSaferFuture

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 20d

The government have announced their target of 62-70% emissions reduction by 2035. We know this is not enough.

After the release of the alarming National Climate Risk Assessment, we are ashamed the government has set such a dangerously low target.

We are deeply disappointed.

#ClimateTargets2035

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 20d

The government have announced the 2035 Climate Targets will be 62-70% emissions reduction.

This is not enough. After the release of the alarming National Climate Risk Assessment, we are ashamed and disappointed the government has set such a dangerously low target.

#ClimateTargets2035

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 20d

“In 2050... my granddaughter will be 31. It's a scary world she’s looking at.”
Jan Harris calling on the Prime Minister to set a strong 2035 climate target and choose a safer future.

#StrongerClimateSaferFuture #ClimateTargets2035 #NetZero2035

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 20d

Fiona Lee lost her home in 2019. Today, there are 2 big things happening in her life: she’s installing sprinklers on her new home - and the government is going to reveal its 2035 climate targets.

We are doing what we can to stay safe, we need governments to do the same.

#ClimateTargets2035

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 21d

After the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment, we now await the announcement of Australia's 2035 climate targets.

The govt. can no longer afford to delay strong action - and that means real emissions reduction and a strong climate target to keep people safer.

#2035climatetargets

Dear Prime Minister | Australia's 2035 Climate Target

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 22d

The government must set strong 2035 climate targets - and make coal and gas corporations pay their fair share through a climate pollution levy.

What can you do?

✍️ Add your voice: Sign our petition and share it widely. Let’s make big polluters pay.

👉 www.bushfiresurvivors.org/mbpp
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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 22d

Yesterday's National Climate Risk Assessment confirms what bushfire survivors already know: our communities are on the frontline of worsening extreme weather and disasters.

But there’s hope. We can act now to protect lives and our communities...
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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 24d

2/2 What can you do?

👉 Get active: Sign our petition to Make Big Polluters Pay: www.bushfiresurvivors.org/mbpp

👀 Get clued in: Watch our video on Scope 3 Emissions:
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#SupportCommunitiesNotCorporations

Add Your Name! — Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action

For too long, big polluters have profited while everyday people carry the cost. It’s time to make the big polluters pay. Add your name to the petition and stand with bushfire survivors calling for a ...

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 24d

Murray Watt has just signed off on an expansion of Glencore’s Ulan coal mine near Mudgee - granting access to 18.8 million extra tonnes of coal until 2035. That means an additional 663 million tonnes of Scope 3 emissions when that coal is burned.
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#SupportCommunitiesNotCorporations

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 26d

The Albanese Government IS apprently very comfortable with approving Woodside's North West Shelf LNG facility until 2070. The centrepiece of *the most polluting fossil fuel project in the southern hemisphere*

When-if ever-will this government stand with communities, not corporations?

Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · May 29

As communities face record-breaking floods, toxic algal blooms, and massive unseasonal dust storms, we're asking: what will it take for our leaders to choose communities over corporations?

🔥 Share our video about the government's decision and tag @albomp.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/qi8ZEZcjHFI

Communities Speak out - North West Shelf Approval

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 27d

While ordinary people are paying the price of escalating climate disasters, big polluters keep raking in record profits.

It’s time they paid their fair share.

✍️ Sign the petition today: bushfiresurvivors.org/mbpp

#MakeBigPollutersPay #BushfireSurvivors

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 27d

Edit: The Court of Appeal case was actually run by Johnson Legal! (The lower court case the EDO) 👏

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · 28d

The NSW Court of Appeal blocked the Mount Pleasant coal expansion - the largest proposed in the state - and ruled that Scope 3 emissions can’t be ignored.🙌

We made a video to explain why this is so important.

Congrats to DAMS HEG and the EDO on this incredible victory!

youtube.com/shorts/R6wEb...

BIG WIN for Climate Justice!

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · Aug 27

🙌 The Community Congress is coming 🙌

We'll be presenting, sharing how we bring the power of our stories to the courts, politicians, the media and social platforms to drive change. We can't wait!

📅 FRI SEPT 19
🎟️ Tickets at: events.humanitix.com/community-congress

#CommunityCongress2025

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · Aug 26

🔥 4 years ago survivors made history.

We won a case against the NSW EPA - the Court ruled they have a legal duty to act on climate change.

⚖️ It was the first time an Australian court forced a government to take meaningful climate action.

Together, we can win climate action. 🌏

#BushfireSurvivors

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · Aug 20

What does a strong 2035 climate target mean to you?
Let us know in the comments.

#StrongerTargetSaferFuture #ClimateTargets2035 #NetZero2035

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're holding our breaths this week as the government prepares to announce our 2035 climate targets.

For bushfire survivors, this moment means the world. We're ready to see a strong commitment to a safer future.

@albomp.bsky.social

#2035ClimateTargets #StrongerTargetSaferFuture

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · Aug 14

Find and contact your Labor MP or Senators and urge them to set a strong climate target: www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and...

For more information on why this matters go to:
www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/wh...

Senators and Members

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Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action @bushfiresurvivors.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔥 Australia is deciding its 2035 climate target right now. You can help 👇
- Call your Labor MP or Senator.
- Call the PM.
- Tell them: We need a strong 2035 climate target — lives, homes, and our communities depend on it.

#StrongerTargetSaferFuture

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Dear Prime Minister | Australia's 2035 Climate Target

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