It's time for Australia to pay its fair share

From Vanuatu to Bangladesh to Kenya, the costs of the climate crisis are skyrocketing, and women are being left to pay the price.

Global warming is already driving devastating cyclones, floods and droughts in countries across the Pacific and the Global South.

Women and their communities urgently need funding to adapt to climate impacts, rebuild from climate disasters, and transition their economies away from fossil fuels.

Yet rich, high emitting countries like Australia are failing to provide the climate funding that they owe.

At COP29 in 2024, governments agreed to triple international climate finance to Global South countries to US$300 billion annually by 2035.

Australia’s fair share of this new global goal is AU$14 billion per year by 2035 – or 4.8% of the global target.

Right now, Australia is contributing less than 1% of global climate finance, well short of the funding it owes.

As the climate crisis accelerates, the question isn’t whether we will have to pay for the costs – the question is who is being left to foot the bill.

Together, let’s call on Minister Aly to commit to Australia’s fair share.