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The bushfire emergency has brought home the reality of the climate crisis to us all. But Australia isn’t alone.

As bushfires raged across the country, New Year’s Eve also brought the worst floods in more than a decade to Indonesia as heavy rains caused landslides killing close to 70 people and displacing tens of thousands. And over Christmas, Southern Africa was pushed to the brink of famine with extreme temperatures and millions of people facing starvation due to poor rains and failed harvests.

And women are bearing the brunt of it.

When there’s no food or clean water, when disaster strikes, or when a family member gets sick from the impacts of fossil fuel mining in their community, women are forced to bear the burden. 

The continued burning of more coal, oil and gas will expose hundreds of millions of people to even more climate disasters and deepen poverty.

There’s never been a more important time to ramp up our collective efforts to fight for immediate climate action from the Australian Government.

Will you stand with women and communities on the frontline of the climate crisis by adding your voice to the call?

Climate justice for women and frontline communities

How is Australia accelerating the climate crisis?

When fossil fuels are burned, they release large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. Greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere, causing global heating. Australia is the world’s highest carbon emitter per capita among all wealthy countries and the third-largest exporter of fossil fuels. And our recent report revealed that the potential carbon emissions of overseas fossil fuel projects by Australian companies in low-income countries are actually increasing. Already the average global temperature has increased by 1C. Warming above 1.5°C risks further sea level rise, extreme weather, biodiversity loss and species extinction, as well as food scarcity, worsening health and poverty for millions of women and their communities worldwide.

What are we campaigning for?

With your help, we'll keep pushing the Australian Government to recognise their responsibility to lead rapid climate action and to: 1) Scale up support for women to adapt to climate disasters 2) Reduce carbon emissions and replace economic and energy systems that cause inequality and environmental destruction with just alternatives 3) Continue exposing the harmful impacts of Australian fossil fuel companies on communities globally.