Let's Make Fossil Fuels History

COP31 is the world's biggest climate meeting, where (almost)every country on Earth comes together once a year to figure out how we tackle the climate crisis.  In 2026, Türkiye will host COP31.  But here’s the exciting bit - Australia is leading the negotiations. That means our Government will be writing the agenda, drafting the policy and running the negotiations. Australia has more influence over global climate decisions in 2026 than it's ever had before.  There will also be a special pre-meeting hosted in the Pacific, putting our region's experience of climate change front and centre.  If we want the rest of the world to take action, then we need to show bold leadership, and that starts with decarbonising Australia, and implementing a roadmap to end our reliance on fossil fuels.

The Belém Declaration is a global pledge to move away from fossil fuels in a considerate and planned way. It was signed at the last COP in November 2025, and Australia put its name on it alongside dozens of other countries.  The declaration has three pillars:

• Phasing out coal, oil and gas in line with what climate science says is needed
• Scaling up clean energy - solar, wind and battery storage
• Supporting workers and communities through the transition, so no one is left behind

Signing it was a big step in the right direction for Australia.  But Backing it up with a real plan at home is the next, much bigger step – and that's what this campaign is about.
 

Most of the coal and gas we pull out of the ground here doesn't stay here. It's shipped overseas and burned somewhere else. But that climate pollution still ends up in the same atmosphere we all share – carbon emissions aren’t limited by borders! By winding down extraction, Australia stops fuelling other countries' climate pollution at the source. We need to turn the fossil fuel tap off – and as the world’s second biggest gas exporter, and support the wider shift to clean energy systems Why is this a justice issue?

The communities feeling climate change most are the ones who've done least to cause it. First Nations communities in Australia are already living with longer fire seasons, hotter summers, devastating floods, and reefs and rivers under threat. Pacific Island nations, including Tuvalu, Samoa, Fiji, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and Micronesiae already experiencing rising seas that threaten their homes, their cultures and, in some cases, the very future of their countries.

Earlier this year, those six Pacific nations launched a joint call for a fossil fuel free Pacific, asking the wider region, including Australia, to commit to a 100% renewable energy future and an end to fossil fuel expansion.  Listening to them isn't optional.  As a wealthy country and one of the world's biggest fossil fuel exporters, Australia has a particular responsibility to act.

Honest answer: we're working hard to get off them, but we're not all the way there yet. We've made a commitment to transition to 100% clean energy at our facilities, and we're close - backed by heat-recovery projects, biodigesters that turn our wastewater and waste ice cream into electricity, and energy-efficiency upgrades across our sites.

Dairy is our biggest source of climate pollution (around half of our total greenhouse gas footprint), and we're chasing science-based targets to cut that too, through feed-additive research, regenerative farming pilots with our farmers, our growing range of non-dairy flavours, and a carbon-insetting partnership designed to take 140,000 metric tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere over 20 years.
We're not perfect. But we count every bit of carbon and we keep working at it. And because shutting our company down tomorrow wouldn't be enough to fix this on its own, we use our voice to push for the bigger changes only governments can make. That's why we're asking you to add your name and show your support today.