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  1. Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

    "We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

    "Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

    "Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bas
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

  2. Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

    "We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

    "Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

    "Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bas
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

  3. Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

    "We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

    "Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

    "Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bas
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

  4. Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

    "We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

    "Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

    "Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bas
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

  5. Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

    "We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

    "Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

    "Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bas
    #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #coast #beach #erosion #ClimateFinance #mining #extractivism #energy

  6. CW: In Defense of Carbon Credits | long

    Carbon offsets are terrible. They are still the most effective tool we have. If we truly want to tackle the climate crisis, we need to start treating them as such.

    Link: thecoin.io/#/blog/offsets-effe

    Quick Summary below (1/5)

    #CarbonOffsets #ClimateAction #BuildInPublic #ClimatePolicy #ClimateFinance #LongRead

  7. Debt-for-nature swaps are resurging: countries facing heavy debt can have portions forgiven in exchange for protecting and restoring ecosystems. This relieves financial pressure while safeguarding rainforests, coral reefs, and biodiversity. Creative finance supports both people and the planet.

    Read more: theconversation.com/turning-de

    @goodnews

    #DebtForNature #ClimateFinance #NatureProtection #GoodNews

  8. What if we paid countries to NOT cut down their forests? Brazil and international partners are launching a $125 billion fund to do exactly that. Protecting nature is sound economic policy. 🌳 #TropicalForests #ClimateFinance therevelator.org/conservation-

  9. What if we paid countries to NOT cut down their forests? Brazil and international partners are launching a $125 billion fund to do exactly that. Protecting nature is sound economic policy. 🌳 #TropicalForests #ClimateFinance

    Conservation’s Hot Topics of 2...

  10. What if we paid countries to NOT cut down their forests? Brazil and international partners are launching a $125 billion fund to do exactly that. Protecting nature is sound economic policy. 🌳 #TropicalForests #ClimateFinance

    Conservation’s Hot Topics of 2...

  11. What if we paid countries to NOT cut down their forests? Brazil and international partners are launching a $125 billion fund to do exactly that. Protecting nature is sound economic policy. 🌳 #TropicalForests #ClimateFinance therevelator.org/conservation-

  12. Climate finance, defence spending and war

    "Pope Leo XIV has said that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war, in comments that will be seen as another sharp escalation in his almost week-long feud with the White House over the US-Israel war on Iran....They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." >>
    theguardian.com/world/2026/apr
    #war #destruction #FossilFuels #ClimateFinance #biodiversity #restoration #education #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #MIC #climate #DefenceSpending

  13. #ClimateFinance #DebtForNature swaps—where countries #GreenFinance debt for funding environmental protection making a comeback as #ClimateAction. Once common, today’s deals are larger and bank‑led. Latin America and Africa dominate, Asia a key area.🔗 theconversation.com/turning-de

  14. 10,000+ companies now have science-backed climate goals! 🌍

    Asia leads with 53% growth. 📈

    SG's carbon tax is rising—are you ready? 🇸🇬

    Read more:
    karmactive.com/sbti-trend-trac

    Follow @karmactive for more updates! 🌿

    #SBTi #ClimateFinance #NetZero

  15. 10,000+ companies now have science-backed climate goals! 🌍

    Asia leads with 53% growth. 📈

    SG's carbon tax is rising—are you ready? 🇸🇬

    Read more:
    karmactive.com/sbti-trend-trac

    Follow @karmactive for more updates! 🌿

    #SBTi #ClimateFinance #NetZero

  16. New on our blog!

    Who Pays? The Question the ICJ Didn’t (Adequately) Answer

    The recent Advisory Opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice (the Court) on the obligations of statBlog es in relation to climate change (AO) has been hailed by the wider international community (here, here and here) as setting the record straight on many obligations of de

    #ClimateFinance #ClimateJustice

    voelkerrechtsblog.org/who-pays