Australia's expanding global fossil fuel footprint

We’re tracking ASX fossil fuels companies and their operations in low income countries year to year. We’ve mapped their operational and planned projects in 2019 and revealed their carbon potential.

 

From the sites of coal, oil and gas extraction to the places where natural disasters are becoming more ferocious and frequent, it is women living in poverty who are the most affected by the adverse consequences of the fossil fuel industry.

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Australian fossil fuel companies are continuing to undermine women’s rights

ASX listed companies currently operate 34 coal, oil and gas projects in low income countries, and are planning at least another 99. This is a threefold increase which puts women’s rights at risk. Women are disproportionately impacted by fossil fuel projects and the impacts of climate change.

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Australian fossil fuel projects are continuing to blow our carbon budget

Australia’s operational projects alone have the potential to cause nearly 2.8 billion additional tonnes of carbon emissions. This is a 13% increase in potential carbon emissions from 2017 with approximately 370 million tonnes of additional carbon emissions potentially being released into the atmosphere.

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Fossil fuel projects entrench injustice and inequality for women

Around the world women and their communities are standing up for climate justice, and we can support them by demanding the Australian Government hold our mining companies accountable for their operations overseas.

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Note this map is not to scale and project locations are approximate.

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Women in Phola, South Africa, are facing serious impacts from several large coal mines - including one operated by Australian company South32. In response, the community has come up with a plan to ensure the company upholds their rights.

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