Matthew RimmerAustralia’s Torres Strait islands: Swallowed by the sea | First Nations Frontline https://youtu.be/kMR1bIqViFc #TorresStrait8 #COP27 #Climate #auspol #auslaw #IndigenousIP #humanrights #culturalrights
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Tim HolloStanding today with the #TorresStrait8 and many others calling for urgent action on the #ClimateCrisis needed to save their island homes. #AilanPawa #1point5tostayalive
MegClarkMore and more people saying 1.5C warming is a kind of token number and it is time we kissed it goodbye.
Australian TSI peoples are fighting for their home as are many pacifica communities. Staying under 1.5C is critical to this.
They are at APH today to lobby. Here is their symbolic seawall.
They need our support #TorresStrait8
Polly KraisusOur 5 demands to the government
"This years #NAIDOC21 theme is ‘Heal Country.’ Our sacred islands of #ZenadthKes are in a climate crisis. We are on the frontlines of climate change and we are fighting to protect our island homes from more devastating loss."
https://www.facebook.com/ourislandsourhome/videos/132404049017413/
"Marama is one of eight claimants in a landmark action submitted to the United Nations, which claims the Australian government has violated their fundamental human rights by failing to adequately address climate change."
You can support the "Our Island Our Home" campaign and the #TorresStrait8 here: https://ourislandsourhome.com.au/
United Nations set to decide climate claims by Torres Strait Islanders against Australia
A group called the Torres Strait 8 have lodged a complaint with the United Nations against the federal government, accusing it of breaching their rights to culture and life by failing to adequately address climate change.
Our Islands, Our Home
Support the #TorresStrait8 as they take their case against the Australian Government to the United Nations for inaction on #climateChange.
NishThe Torres Strait is 100’s of small islands between the tip of Cape York & PNG.
This thread is about my ppl & culture, about the impact of climate change to our island homes & the #TorresStrait8’s unprecedented human rights complaint to the UN. #auspol
http://ourislandsourhome.com.au/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/IndigenousX/status/1340468731093237760
Let's show solidarity with the Torres Strait Islanders fight for a saltwater future and the climate action lawsuit before the Human Rights Council. @[email protected] #ourIslandsOurHome #Indigenous #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #TorresStrait8
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NACCHOChair/status/1311454702786101249
