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Act on Climate update: Ramping up at the state level
July 01, 2019
The countdown to climate action continues. The Andrews government has less than nine months to set an Emissions Reduction Target for 2025. The Federal Coalition has finally caught on to the process occurring in Victoria and...
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June 28, 2019
Time is short... The Andrews government has kicked off decision making on Victoria's Emissions Reduction Target for 2025 and we have until 22 July to demonstrate strong community support for it to be bold and ambitious.Will...
Read More Add your reaction ShareThe Australian Industry Group reveals its true colours on climate with Adani gloat
June 14, 2019
The Australian Industry Group has revealed its true colours on climate, raising serious doubts about whether it has a genuine interest in cutting emissions in Victoria—or any other jurisdiction for that matter.In a press...
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June 13, 2019
The findings of the ‘Combet report’—the independent advice to the Andrews government on emissions cuts—have been tabled in Parliament. The report has kicked off the decision-making process about Victoria's first interim Emissions Reduction Targets....
Read More Add your reaction ShareResponse to the Combet Report: Time to Ramp Up Ambition on Climate
June 11, 2019
Where were we on Thursday 6 June when the advice given to the Andrews government on emissions cuts was tabled in Parliament? In Inverloch were they’ve lost 40m of beach from rising seas and intensifying...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt emissions cuts must limit warming to 1.5°C to protect Victorian communities from climate impacts
June 06, 2019
MEDIA RELEASE: 6 June 2019Andrews govt emissions cuts must limit warming to 1.5°C to protect Victorian communities from climate impactsFriends of the Earth says emissions cuts to limit global warming to 1.5°C will be...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt emissions cuts must limit warming to 1.5°C to protect Victorian communities from climate impacts
June 06, 2019
Andrews govt emissions cuts must limit warming to 1.5°C to protect Victorian communities from climate impactsFriends of the Earth says emissions cuts to limit global warming to 1.5°C will be needed from the Andrews...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAct on Climate Update: The Countdown to Climate Action Continues
June 03, 2019
The countdown to climate action continues. The Victorian government has until March 31 next year to set the state's first interim Emissions Reduction Targets. With the shock re-election of Scott Morrison our campaign to...
Read More Add your reaction ShareAndrews govt budget delivers for solar homes, now to deliver for climate action across the economy
May 28, 2019
Environment group Friends of the Earth welcomes the Andrews government’s funding for the $1.3 billion Solar Homes program and says the $545 million down payment creates a platform for a heavy lift on climate...
Read More Add your reaction ShareVic Climate Minister investigates frontline impacts on the Bass Coast
May 08, 2019
Victorian Minister for Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio has visited Inverloch—an emerging frontline of the crisis—to survey dramatic coastal erosion from intensifying storm surges and rising sea levels. Act on Climate can confirm the Minister’s fact-finding...
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