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Source : https://www.jubileeaustralia.org/news/latest-news-post/papua-lng-efa Today, six organisations from four continents are highlighting that recent developments in Australia rule out another potential financier to the controversial Papua LNG project. Already, 13 major commercial or development financial institutions have ruled out Papua LNG – including the project’s former financial advisor Credit Agricole, and all major Australian, French and Italian banks.

Copublished with Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc. (CELCOR), Papua New Guinea, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES), Jubilee Australia Research Centre, Market Forces and Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC). Paris / Melbourne / Port Moresby / Tokyo, Two more banks have joined the growing number of global banks that

On May 29th, 2024, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was successfully signed between the Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR) Inc. and the Mitnande LLG, Kundiawa-Gembogl District, Simbu Province.  The purpose of the MoU was to establish a working relationship between CELCOR and Mitnande LLG to pursue conservation initiatives in the Bismarck Forest

  This week ANZ announced that it would no longer provide direct financing to new or expanded oil and gas fields, new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants, and won’t bank any oil and gas company not already on their books. The announcement means that all big four Australian banks, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, and Westpac have now ruled

The Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR) Inc. extends our heartfelt congratulations to Josiah Jinimbo on his recent admission to the bar. This is an incredible achievement and a testament to hard work, dedication, and perseverance towards becoming a fully-fledged member of the legal profession. Josiah was engaged with CELCOR as a legal

The Centre for Environmental Law & Community Rights Inc.’s (CELCOR) programs of intervention are driven by a vision to see PNG communities living in harmony with environment and culture in a just, holistic and sustainable way. With a commitment to achieving this vision, CELCOR seeks to play a strategic role in contributing to various programs,

Satellite imagery shows the loss of forest and an increase in roadbuilding over the past two years and residents of the Torricelli’s say that representatives of logging companies have been trying to secure permission to log the region’s forests. Image Credit: Mongabay The Toricelli Mountain Range is located in the Sandaun Province and is home

A documentary report produced by the ABC Journalist Stephen Long has found many blunders in Carbon Offsetting/Trade operations in Papua New Guinea. Carbon offsetting/Trade Business sounded like a lucrative business to many local Papua New Guineans. But what is Carbon Trade? To deal with the impacts of climate change, the Paris Agreement sets out a