Our opposition to new coal mines and our support for renewable energy are based on the fact that carbon emissions, primarily from coal-fired electricity generation, drive climate change. one current focus is starving coal mining companies of funds through divestment initiatives, e.g. Kittens for the Reef, a NQCC project. At the same time, we need to work on adaptation and other aspects of mitigation.

In 2015 the Australian government controversially legislated to include the burning of native forest biomass into the Renewable Energy Target (RET). Markets for Change sent a questionnaire requesting support for the removal of native forest biomass from the RET to all candidates standing in the 2016 federal election campaign.

LEAN is pleased to be hosting Mark at venues across the country to talk about Labor and the climate crisis.

HSI is campaigning hard at the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) to ensure protection for important terrestrial carbon stores (forests, peatlands, wetlands and tundra) is a major part of the next global climate change agreement

The coal mined in the Hunter Valley poses serious risks not only for the health and well being of local communities, but also for communities where Hunter Valley coal is burned.