What the World Humanitarian Summit means for Climate Change
As 350.org’s Climate Impacts Coordinator, I joined about 9000 other delegates from around the world for the first ever World Humanitarian Summit from May 23-24th. While 350.org doesn’t provide humanitarian aid, we’re increasingly concerned with just how hard climate change is biting, and committed to supporting people-oriented responses to the impacts of climate change. With... (More...)
June 10, 2016
Oil and Gas banned from Juruá Valley, in the Brazilian Amazon
Last December, the indigenous peoples of the Javari Valley requested 350.org to help them defend against the threat of exploitation of oil and gas in their territories. We were given a mission to help make their voices heard worldwide. The Javari Valley is a region in the far west of Brazil, in Amazonas state, which... (More...)
January 17, 2016
El Niño: State of Emergency
Intensified by climate change, this El Niño is exceeding previous records and it is on track to unleashing severe and destructive extreme weather in the coming months. “This El Niño is playing out in uncharted territory. Our planet has altered dramatically because of climate change.” — Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization ... (More...)
December 22, 2015
Life After Fossil Fuels in Australia – Not Just a Fantasy
Blair Palese, 350.org Australia CEO writes about how Bob Massie’s tour downunder is kicking off a lively conversation about how Australia can move into the post fossil fuels age – while still supporting jobs and prosperity, and being awesome for the climate. “Life After Fossil Fuels: Opportunities in the Emerging Low Carbon World” with visiting US... (More...)
February 23, 2015
The Galilee Basin: 11 Reasons Why It Is The Most Insane Coal Project
Insane isn’t a word we use lightly, but sometimes it is just right. That’s because an array of coal companies are trying to do something really insane right now. They want to unlock nine new mega coals mines in Queensland’s Galilee Basin in Australia, exporting this coal through the Great Barrier Reef. When it comes... (More...)
December 17, 2014
Coal ships stopped. The Warriors have risen!
There are some days that leave you changed for a lifetime. Friday was one of those. The 350 Pacific Climate Warriors paddled out into the Port of Newcastle, followed by hundreds of Australians and came head to head with gigantic coal ships. It truly was David versus Goliath. Here’s how it looked: ... (More...)
October 20, 2014
Pacific Climate Warriors will Block the World’s Largest Coal Port
In October this year 30 Pacific Climate Warriors from 12 different islands will arrive on Australian shores to stand up to the coal and gas industry. We are now excited to announce that on October 17th, the Pacific Climate Warriors will use the canoes they have built to paddle out into the harbour of the... (More...)
September 5, 2014
Support Pacific Warriors bringing climate change to the doorstep of the fossil fuel industry.
Our 350 Pacific network just launched an amazing video as part of their crowdfunding campaign. Here’s what they have to say about it. Click here to watch the video and chip in if you can – their fight is our fight! Every morning, we wake up and the ocean is there, surrounding our island. But now... (More...)
August 14, 2014
350 Vanuatu – Meet the team, and the big plans!
Over the last five years, we’ve been working with 350 groups across more than 15 Pacific Islands.What started out as a network that organised for the 350.org global days of action, has now evolved into a grassroots network of Pacific Islanders building movement locally, and translating that into campaigns to stand up and protect the... (More...)
July 21, 2014
A Dark Day for Australia is Our Rallying Call
It’s a dark day here in Australia with the repeal of the carbon price, but as dark as it is, it’s also a rallying call for our movement – the following is from 350.org Australia’s Blair Palese. After a torturous few weeks of furious debate in the senate (including a rather bizarre Al Gore cameo),... (More...)
July 17, 2014
Switch off Tata Mundra
The World Bank refuses to recognize its own policy violations and the serious impacts of financing a deadly coal plant in Mundra, India. Let’s put pressure on World Bank’s president, Dr. Jim Kim, and make them stop ignoring the facts.
Société Genérale: kick your coal habit
With banks publicly stating they will reduce their investments in coal, it is now time for private banks such as Société Générale to make this pledge as well.
Ban Divestment? No way.
Coal companies in Australia are pushing the government to make our fossil fuel divestment campaign illegal. We need your help to push back!
Tar Sands Free Northeast
Organizing to stop tar sands infrastructure in the Northeast of the United States with powerful local organizing and regional collaborations.
Rampal plant in Bangladesh
Join the struggle to stop Rampal coal plant — a massive dirty project that could create devastating and irreversible impacts on the beautiful forests of the Sundarbans.
