Blair Palese

1 week ago | climateandcapitalmedia.com | Blair Palese

Editor’s note: Blair is co-founder of Climate & Capital Media and, as the founder of Climate Capital Forum (no association with CCM), is one of Australia’s most influential climate activists. For the past four years, she has reported extensively on Australian politics and climate change for CCM and The Guardian. Her earlier reporting is highlighted in links throughout the story. SYDNEY, Australia — What do Australia, Canada, Germany and Greenland have in common?

1 month ago | canberratimes.com.au | Tim Buckley |Blair Palese

The electorate has given the Albanese government a crystal clear mandate. It has roundly rejected the division, climate denialism and policy incompetence of the Coalition under Peter Dutton's leadership. The LNP's nuclear furphy is dead, buried and cremated. Now is the time for conviction and courage to double down and move at the speed the climate science dictates, seizing the magnitude of opportunities ahead for Australia on energy transition, domestic and export.

Jan 24, 2025 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | Moriah Costa |Blair Palese

The climate chilling-effect of Trump’s arrival has begun but experts suggest it’s a convenient reason for stepping back from climate action they don’t want to takeAn exodus of US banks from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has raised questions over the effectiveness of volunteer groups and whether more mandatory measures are needed to ensure countries reach their climate goals. By early January, six major US big banks, including JP Morgan, had left the UN-sponsored alliance.

Jan 20, 2025 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | Blair Palese

Climate campaigner Hoang Thi Minh Hong said she will continue her work but that it’s increasingly difficult to do so safely in her home country. Vietnamese climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong, released from prison two years early by her government in September, has arrived safely in the US where she is seeking asylum. Hong, along with a number of other Vietnamese climate activists, was charged in 2023 with “tax evasion,” a charge widely criticized as politically motivated.

Jan 9, 2025 | climateandcapitalmedia.com | Blair Palese

Climate campaigner Hoang Thi Minh Hong said she will continue her work but that it’s increasingly difficult to do so safely in her home country. Vietnamese climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong, released from prison two years early by her government in September, has arrived safely in the US where she is seeking asylum. Hong, along with a number of other Vietnamese climate activists, was charged in 2023 with tax evasion, a charge widely criticized as politically motivated.