Three-quarters of Australia’s ‘significant’ climate aid projects in Pacific don’t mention climate change, Greenpeace says
by Kate Lyons from on (#5REZ8)
A governance facility in Papua New Guinea is among projects Australia claims as significantly focused' on climate adaptation
Australia has been accused of greenwashing" its aid to the Pacific, with the government claiming that major projects are significantly focused on climate adaptation when they have little or no link to climate change or the environment.
The accusations, in a new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, come after Scott Morrison announced an additional $500m for international climate finance for projects in the Indo-Pacific on the first day of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.
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