Announcements

Climate Indymedia face particular challenges as an entirely online organisation. Unlike other local indys, we don't get to know each other by having physical meetings and socialising. To try to alleviate this problem, lets try a few new things.

Love it or hate it, you have to admit that Facebook is a great social networking tool. To facilitate better communication and solidarity amongst the participants of Climate Indy, I have set up a Facebook group here:

First international planning meeting.

We invite you to join the 1st international planning meeting in Copenhagen from the 13-14th of September 2008. The meeting aims at preparing a large mobilisation for direct action against the root causes of climate change in Copenhagen and throughout the world during the UN Climate Conference (30 Nov-11 Dec 2009).

Date: 5-May-2008
Australian taxpayers will give BHP Billiton an estimated $117 million in diesel fuel subsidies during the four-year
expansion of the company’s Olympic Dam mine, according to figures
released today by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

“The Fuel Tax Credits scheme, which cost taxpayers $4.9 billion in the 2006-07 financial year, will allow BHP
Billiton to claim an average of $29 million a year in diesel rebates
for the four years of construction at Olympic Dam,” said ACF Executive
Director Don Henry.

MEDIA RELEASE
8th May 2008

Wayne Swan your vote could make all the difference
Rudd climate credentials threatened by ADB mine

Professor Anu Muhammad a key opponent of a plan to construct one of the
world's biggest coal mines in Bangladesh is visiting Australia next week to
urge the Federal Treasurer to withdraw support for the project.

Professor Anu Muhammad will be meeting with government ministers and
officials in Canberra and will conduct a speaking tour across a number of

Friends of the Earth Brisbane are concerned that aid money from the Asian
Development Bank are being misused to finance a socially and
environmentally disastrous coal mine project in Bangladesh. On May 14th
FoE Brisbane will be hosting visiting Professor Anu Muhammad of
Jahangirnagar University, talking about the profound local and global
effects of the mine.

The Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh is a contentious project under
consideration for funding by the ADB. It has been widely opposed on human

Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and
the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UN-ISDR)!

We are pleased to invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in
Politics and Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the
Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the
congress is “Gender and Climate Change”.

Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of

Clean Up Dynegy houston, a coalition of groups and
individuals working to stop Houston-based Dynegy from building new
coal-fired power plants in six states, is seeking wide & diverse
support, co-sponsors, and turnout for the upcoming protest at the
company’s shareholders meeting on May 14.

Clean Up Dynegy houston, a coalition of groups and
individuals working to stop Houston-based Dynegy from building new
coal-fired power plants in six states, is seeking wide & diverse
support, co-sponsors, and turnout for the upcoming protest at the
company’s shareholders meeting on May 14.