COP31, the global conference on climate change, starts today in Türkiye. Australia will join Türkiye in leading the conference of 160 nations throughout the two weeks of negotiations.
Meanwhile back in Australia the Environment Minister Murray Watt could approve the massive Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) coal mine expansion before the conference is over!
This is the biggest coal project ever approved by a NSW government. If approved by the federal government as well it will unleash over 800 million tonnes of climate pollution. That’s 15.1 Mt at the mine site and 793.8 Mt when the coal is burned – close to eight times NSW’s total annual emissions.
Sign the petition by Sophie Scamps to federal ministers and your local federal MP. Let COP31 mark a shift away from the hypocrisy of approving massive new fossil fuel projects while pretending to be global climate leaders.