Sophie Hardefeldt
sophiehardefeldt.bsky.social
Sophie Hardefeldt
@sophiehardefeldt.bsky.social
Policy and Research Manager at @actionaidaustralia.bsky.social.
Feminist climate and economic Justice. Free Palestine.
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COP30 is our chance to close the ambition gap and keep 1.5°C alive.

The Pacific Climate Justice Demands 2025 call for:
🌡️ A fossil fuel phaseout
💰 Reparative public finance
🌊 Action for climate, nature, and people

Justice must lead the way.
🔗 pican.org/pacific-dema...

#PICANatCOP30
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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"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...
actionaid.org.au
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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BREAKING 🇵🇸 Navigated by Captain Muhammad Kuchuktigin, the Mikeno ship broke the blockade of Gaza earlier this morning, bypassing the occupation's naval forces and entering Palestinian territorial waters.
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Today we're with @healthyfutures.bsky.social at #HESTA HQ in #Melbourne, calling on the super fund to say no to new fossil fuels!

Organisations representing over 1 MILLION health and community workers across Australia have joined the campaign. Add your voice! 📢 marketforces.org.au/hesta #climate
September 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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📢 Australia has been warned approving the contentious North West Shelf gas extension may break international law. The government could give the final tick to the West Australian fossil fuel project in as soon as tomorrow. But on the sidelines of the...
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
'Wrongful act': Vanuatu warns Australia may break international law if gas project proceeds
www.sbs.com.au
September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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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 ...
actionaid.org.au
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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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’ ...
actionaid.org.au
September 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Big banks are funneling billions into fossil fuels while women and frontline communities pay the price. Join us on 30 July to learn what you can do to hold our banks to account!
Join us as we uncover how Australia’s Big Four banks and other major banks like HSBC are fuelling climate destruction through #FossilFuel financing.

Learn about the impacts to women and their communities around the world, and how you can take action.

❗ REGISTER NOW: help.actionaid.org.au/460JhFt
July 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The devastation caused by the US-Israel militarised distribution scheme in #Gaza, where 516 people have been killed, has transformed humanitarian relief into a death trap.

https://actionaid.org.au/resources/one-month-of-militarised-aid-in-gaza-its-a-trap-for-people-to-be-killed-to-die-there/
One month of militarised aid in Gaza: “it’s a trap for people, to be killed, to die there."
Today marks one month since the launch of the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” (GHF), a US-Israel militarised distribution scheme, where 516 people* have been killed trying to reach distribution sites. 
actionaid.org.au
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Former minister now backbencher Ed Husic says the Albanese govt “can and should be doing more” on Gaza. Says:
- Israeli ambassador should be called in & more aid demanded
- financial aid should be ramped up
- prepare targeted sanctions on Israeli leaders
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia has a proud history of standing up against human catastrophe. Gaza should be no exception | Ed Husic
We can and should be doing more to help the two million Palestinians struggling to survive
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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"Unlike the women and girls of Gaza, I’m not brave. Fear is a formidable and insidious opponent. It convinces us to censor ourselves, to obey in advance, to down the Kool-Aid before it’s been offered. I’m still afraid. But I’ve just accepted a prize that is not about obedience."
Michelle de Kretser’s 2025 acceptance speech
stella.org.au
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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"Capitalism has entered a radical and apocalyptic phase. There is no utopian vision in any of this."

Interview ⤵️
Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything'
The ‘Shock Doctrine’ author explains the dark logic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s path of destruction and why billionaire oligarchs are so angry.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“We all know what’s going on there, and we’ve all heard the objectives stated by Netanyau’s ministers​, which are clear declarations of genocidal intent. Seldom have I heard the leader of a state so clearly outline a plan that fits the legal definition of genocide.”
May 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention | Louis Theroux
The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture, says documentary presenter Louis Theroux
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Why isn’t there a “coalition of the willing” to stop the mass starvation and genocide in Gaza?
May 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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I will never understand how people who advise the govt to do and say nothing about this look at themselves in the mirror without throwing up.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The Coalition would cut $813 million from the aid budget if elected tomorrow. In a time of rising conflict, climate disasters and gender inequality we need Australia to be standing up for solidarity and justice not cutting aid for those that need it most.
May 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Food and medicines are rapidly running out and prices are skyrocketing in #Gaza, as the total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth week, deliberately depriving people of the essentials needed to sustain life.

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Gaza: $300 bags of flour as prices soar after more than 50 days without new aid deliveries
Food and medicines are rapidly running out and prices are skyrocketing in Gaza, ActionAid’s staff and partners are reporting, as the total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth w...
actionaid.org.au
April 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Nike owes workers from Hong Seng and Violet Apparel factories millions in unpaid wages and benefits. Yet, the Fair Labour Association’s recent report justifies wage theft and retaliation. Call on the FLA to push Nike to pay up the wages workers are owed cleanclothes.org/campaigns/fl...
FLA: Stop justifying wage theft and retaliation
There is no fair labour with wage theft and retaliation. Write to the Fair Labour Association in solidarity with the Hong Seng and Violet Apparel workers.
cleanclothes.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Australia is now spending ten times more on defence than on international aid, according to new data modelling from the Australian National University, released today as part of the #SaferWorldForAll campaign.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Calls to boost foreign aid as report lays bare defence spending - ABC listen
The Trump Administration's foreign aid cuts have blown a massive hole in the budgets of global humanitarian organisations and lives are at stake. But the cuts aren't just coming from the US, with oth...
www.abc.net.au
March 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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We're taking applications for two new volunteer roles within our campaigns team. If you're passionate about #WomensRights, we'd love to hear from you!

Activist Outreach Volunteer: www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/Acti...

Movement Support Intern: www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/Acti...
January 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM