Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Australia Cracks Down on Food Waste, COP31 Pushes Clean Energy, Ag Co-ops Offer Hope – Food Tank

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Shorelines receding, worsening storms and coastal erosion. Who pays?

"We've got kilometres and kilometres of coast. So much of our housing [is] built on coastal communities that we are walking into an absolutely existential crisis for some of these regional towns and councils."

"Someone is going to need to pay for the costs of climate change, and at the moment, it is being picked up by taxpayers and ratepayers while these fossil fuel companies make huge profits."

"Companies based in Australia have contributed significantly to the climate crisis, and it's only fair for them to have to pay for some of those costs." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/bass-coast-council-pushes-fossil-fuel-levy-for-recovery-fund/106624424
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Carbon offsets are terrible. They are still the most effective tool we have. If we truly want to tackle the climate crisis, we need to start treating them as such.

Link: https://thecoin.io/#/blog/offsets-effective

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Debt-for-nature swaps are resurging: countries facing heavy debt can have portions forgiven in exchange for protecting and restoring ecosystems. This relieves financial pressure while safeguarding rainforests, coral reefs, and biodiversity. Creative finance supports both people and the planet.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/turning-debt-into-forests-the-finance-tool-making-a-comeback-278582

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