Australia is facing severe and escalating impacts from the climate emergency. Current temperatures are killing animals, people and ecosystems. Fires, floods, extreme heat waves, coastal erosion, and habitat loss are destroying homes, displacing communities, and putting pressure on public infrastructure. Insurance costs are skyrocketing, leaving many Australians vulnerable. The AJP is taking these threats seriously and is committed to climate and ecological rescue.

Key Features:

• The AJP will advocate to end environmentally destructive industries, such fossil fuel extraction and exports. We will end the subsidies. We will support all workers in these industries to re-train and move into new secure jobs, and we will redirect funds towards initiatives that restore ecosystems and protect species.
• Rapidly transition to 100% clean energy economy. The AJP will introduce carbon pricing for all industries and provide incentives for the transition.
• End Carbon and Biodiversity Offset Schemes - as these are proving ineffective and liable to speculation and fraud.
• Work towards a sustainable plant-based agricultural system and regenerative farming. We will support farmers to transition and to invest in reforestation for carbon draw-down.
• Invest in climate rescue technologies. The AJP will fund research into greenhouse gases drawdown and solar reflection solutions.
• Create a National Biodiversity Fund - Invest in an annual Biodiversity Fund that will support the restoration of Australian ecosystems and biodiversity over the next 30 years, protecting endangered species, ending deforestation and habitat destruction, and supporting sustainable practices.
• Establish a Rights of Nature Process - Enable communities to establish rights for ecologically and socially significant natural systems (e.g., The Barka, The Great Barrier Reef). Nature rights would offer the natural system significant protections through enforceable legal frameworks​ while ensuring First Peoples’ rights to access and manage Country.
• Transition to a Circular Economy - Promote and enable a circular economy that minimises waste, reduces resource extraction, and prioritises sustainable production and consumption practices.

What impact will this have?

• With urgent, bold action, we can stop and reverse global heating to save lives and the environments that we love.
• Ensure a fair, just, and inclusive transition to a sustainable economy for all.
• Protect and restore ecosystems and species at risk.