“In the midst of the global energy crisis... Australia & Japan’s recommitment to fossil fuels is feeling less like energy security & more like a desperate attempt to maintain a beleaguered & risky status quo that prioritises corporate profits over the welfare of both nations’ citizens.”

We're calling upon investors in Japan’s three largest banks and three major trading firms to vote against directors — for failing to recognise ​and manage the risks posed by investments in fossil fuel production. Read more in @reuters.com. #climate #japan #investment

The AYCC was utterly crucial in the rise of a global climate movement two decades ago, and deserve support @youth4climate.bsky.social

⚡ BREAKING NEWS: ✊ 200+ organisations share an open letter 📩 demanding the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) 🔥 put in place a #HumanRights-based plan to #FillTheFund 💰 with US$400 billion a year by 2035. ⏰ 📰 Press release: www.fillthefund.org/post/loss-da...

The energy crisis is hitting Bangladesh’s 177 million people hard, and the country is now at a crossroads. Experts have been urging the government to end dependence on imported coal and gas in favour of reliable renewables. #bangladesh #climate #energy @thediplomat.com

"What a ridiculous position for Australia to be in," says Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss. "Having exported enormous amounts of gas to these countries for decades, are we really being threatened now?" ✍️ Sign to support a 25% gas export tax: https://theaus.in/4mxI9iL

Japan’s pro-gas agenda is feeling riskier than ever. Now is the time for the Albanese government to reject the influence of Japanese fossil fuel lobbyists & to tax gas exports. Read more here ⬇️

Restrictions on fossil fuel production are not isolated exceptions—they are quickly becoming a long-lasting rule. A new database identifies 58 active restrictions on fossil fuel production finding that policies are more resilient than many assume. 📗 www.iisd.org/articles/dee...

As #LNG prices spike due to the conflict in Iran, South Asia’s planned US$107 billion LNG expansion could expose the region to long-term economic and energy security risks Read our new brief here: globalenergymonitor.org/report/south...

Great explainer on the implications of the Iran war on energy supply in Asia & how renewables, not LNG, are the only sustainable path forward. #CleanEnergy

And the award for fracking and f**king our future goes to… #APA GROUP! #UASolutionsSummit Spoiler alert: making #climate change worse is not a solution for Australia’s future. 🙃 #auspol

📢 We join 15 orgs to raise the alarm over the #WorldBank role on Trump’s #BoardOfPeace – an illegitimate + neocolonial body. Its plans for #Gaza reconstruction are plainly intended for profit while completely excluding Palestinian voices.

‼️ BREAKING!!! 29 banks now rule out financing Papua LNG! A growing number of financial institutions are going on the record that they don’t want any part of this project – which poses serious biodiversity, climate and human rights risks. Find out more: tinyurl.com/5e2dajv5

Read that headline again What an utterly obscene state of affairs "The collapse in accessible homes for low-income families coincides with an affordability crisis that has seen rents soar, waitlists for social housing blow out and rising homelessness."

“This diplomatic platitude belies the grim reality: that friendship with Timor-Leste has always come second to Australia’s hunger for oil and gas,” writes Suhailah Ali. Read Suhailah Ali’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4r7WUdT

Great piece on East Timor - Aus relations, by @suhailah.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/4787

Who is first in line to earn billions from the U.S. invasion of Venezuela? 👉 Fossil fuel execs. But without their financiers - big banks - none of this would be possible. Let’s follow the money. 💰

Really cool case-study tracing the journey of gas from extraction to end use - "the data reveals that this sort of increasingly complex LNG extraction and transmission system does not add up to energy security or economic savings" globalenergymonitor.org/us-mexico-ma...

I want to take this seriously but it is deeply ridiculous Aust govt insists our massive fossil fuel exports are not our problem and so we must have no policy that reduces them, but also thinks the USA Saudi and Russia will listen to us about reducing exports www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate, gender & rights commitments at international financial institutions came under heavy fire in 2025, while civil society & affected communities kept up the struggle for justice. Read our reflections in this blog: www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflec...

ICYMI: TotalEnergies is the company leading the Papua LNG project. Last month, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights made a criminal complaint alleging TotalEnergies’ “complicity in war crimes, torture & enforced disappearance in Mozambique”. More here: tinyurl.com/m4rnc7k

Miners exaggerating tax. Again. What's new is that this is so demonstrably false. Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know. Debunked on @thepointau.bsky.social here, more below: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Incredibly comprehensive overview of Asia's LNG imports, challenging the need for more import infrastructure in the region: blog.datadesk.eco/p/asia-lng-i...

BREAKING: Six organisations from Papua New Guinea, Australia, Japan and Europe have filed the first-ever Equator Principles complaint against #MUFG over #PapuaLNG – a gas project that could affect 12,700+ Indigenous people and threaten ~100 species. #climate #biodiversity #humanrights

‼️ We are 1 of 6 NGOs that just lodged a landmark complaint with the Equator Principles. The complaint is against MUFG Bank, financial advisor to Papua LNG. Learn more: tinyurl.com/3rzvace7 @reclaimfinance.org @marketforces.org.au @banktrack.bsky.social

HUGE WIN: UK Government pulls $1.15bn in support for the controversial Mozambique LNG project - putting pressure on the Dutch Govt to pull out too. @financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...

📣 BREAKING At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks. Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu... A 🧵

Today, the Japanese Ambassador addressed the National Press Club and promoted gas as an 'important energy source in the coming decades of transition'. Protestors called out this false narrative; in reality, Japan's gas agenda is locking Asia into decades of high emissions and locking out renewables.

‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and @lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️ The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction. 👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈 A 🧵

Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own? Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today! My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight") Proposed late additions to agenda: * trade * finance * deforestation * ambition * reporting Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!) This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵 1/

The kind folks at Community Radio 2XX interviewed me last week about these actions and Japan's fossil fuel expansion agenda: www.2xxfm.org.au/shows/climat... (episode Oct 31)

WHERE'S YOUR AMBITION? In 2023 nations agreed to move away from fossil fuels. Now leaders of rich countries aren’t even offering to do the bare minimum. None have committed to phasing out fossil fuels. 👉 climatenetwork.org/resource/ndc... #COP30 #ShowSomeAmbition #NDCNotGoodEnough #NDCs

It doesn't have to be a dream, JERA – you could be the hero for Japan's energy future. 97% of JERA's current energy generation is fossil fuel-based. It's time for Japan's largest power company to be the energy leader Asia needs and deserves. #SIEW2025 #EnergyTransition

NEW 🚨Since the Paris Agreement, 4 Global North countries - the US, Canada, Australia & Norway - blocked global progress on oil and gas phaseout. While the rest of the world reduced oil & gas production by 2%, these 4 countries increased production by nearly 40%. oilchange.org/publications...

As part of global actions against Japan's Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC), people in Canberra, Sydney and Darwin called for Japan and Australia to stop using #AZEC to prolong fossil fuels and instead support a just energy transition. Joint statement here: fossilfreejapan.org/joint-statem...

New research from @oilchange.bsky.social: Japan has spent $5.2 billion in public funds on carbon capture. Now, it’s pushing its broken model across Southeast Asia to trap the region in fossil fuels and use it as a dumping ground for carbon pollution. Read more: oilchange.org/publications...

Since 2016, big banks have directly financed over $15 billion to oil and gas operations in the Amazon rainforest — fueling human rights violations, environmental destruction, and climate chaos. 🧵

New investigation from Climate Integrity: EY produced deeply flawed modelling for the gas lobby, influencing government policy: climateintegrity.org.au/aep-ey

"We find a strong possibility that Asian countries could increase their support for CCS through to 2050, risking a significant lock-in of unabated fossil fuels & stranded asset costs, let alone risks to the world achieving the Paris Agreement 1.5˚C warming limit" climateanalytics.org/press-releas...

Our new report with Trend Asia follows the money behind the Tangguh LNG project and makes key demands to multilateral development banks: 🛑 Do not fund #TangguhLNG expansion 🛑 Close loopholes leaking public money to filthy #FossilGas Read it here: bit.ly/Tangguh25 #BankOnRenewables #Indonesia

Tangguh LNG: Big project, huge risks⚠️ This #FossilGas project in West Papua has destroyed vital mangrove forests, violated local people's rights & increased emissions in a climate-vulnerable region. Who's behind it? ⤵️ Find out in our new report: bit.ly/Tangguh25

It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels. I just signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition: Phase out fossil fuels. Will you join me? ✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...

🔴 BREAKING: Big banks poured over 2× more into fossil fuels than sustainable energy between 2021–2024! Our new report Banking on Business as Usual offers the first full comparison of global fossil vs. sustainable power finance. Read the 3 key findings below⤵️

🚨New research🚨Rich countries can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action by ending fossil fuels handouts, making polluters pay, defunding wars, taxing the super rich. There’s no shortage of $$ for action. It’s just in the wrong hands. #FixtheFinance ➡️ Read more: oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/

Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now. Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines: 🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026 Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference #FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Rise up to #DrawTheLine for a shift to a sustainable, low-carbon economy that is fair and equitable! Let’s reclaim our future. Learn more at drawtheline.world

Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt