Michelle Higelin

Passionate about women’s rights globally & transforming the world through feminist leadership. Executive Director, ActionAid Australia. Views are my own

[Michelle Higelin @HigelinMichelle]

#TimetoLeaveX as feminists we have to reject the use of social media platforms to support misogyny, divisive politics, convicted felons and corporate greed.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Climate finance is not charity, it’s an investment.

#ClimateAction is not optional, it’s an imperative.

Both are indispensable to a liveable world for all humanity and a prosperous future for every nation on Earth.

My remarks at #COP29: https://t.co/CKmx0jtqwY

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

ActionAid was one of the many co-plaintiffs in this case. This ruling is a disappointing setback for #ClimateJustice and for communities around the world who are least responsible for causing the climate crisis but bearing the brunt of the impacts.

https://t.co/ujrHaCdmHJ

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Behind closed doors, a senior Israeli general admitted that the purpose of forcing Palestinians out of northern Gaza was to seize the land and never let them return -- another Nakba. https://t.co/turm573lcF

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The climate emergency is a story of avoidable injustice.

The rich cause the problem, the poor pay the highest price.

The most vulnerable are being abandoned to climate extremes.

We need climate justice. Now.

#COP29

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

2/2. 📢At #COP29 —ahead of negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG)— civil society demands that the #GlobalNorth🏭 pay their #ClimateDebt 🔥🌊⛈️🌪️ at US$ 5 trillion a year!💰

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

1/2. “Who is paying for #Mitigation 🏭 , #Adaptation and #LossAndDamage 🔥? Not developed countries 🚫! Developing countries are paying ✅! Thats why we are sending the #GlobalNorth an invoice for US$ 5 trillion💰a year for #ClimateFinance!” @1TeresaAnderson of @ActionAid at #COP29.

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

❗ #COP29 ❗ Flora Vano from ActionAid Vanuatu is in Baku to send a message to global leaders that countries like #Vanuatu are bearing the brunt of climate impacts despite doing the least to cause the climate crisis and urgently need #ClimateFinance to adapt and mitigate.

[ActionAid @ActionAid]

Dear RICH countries! 💵 

This #COP29, we need you to put your money where your mouth is!  

Real #ClimateFinance is urgently needed on the front lines! #COP29  #ClimateJusticeNow

We have just unveiled an urgent invoice. It’s time for rich countries to pay up 💰

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

We are proud to be part of this open letter to Australian Parliamentarians seeking urgent leadership to ensure the future and security of @UNRWA!

[WPS Coalition @wpscoalition]

Proud to have our co-chair @HigelinMichelle at #COP29 in Baku with Sandra Creamer, championing #JustTransitions for First Nations. Australia must lead with bold, equitable climate action for women and communities on the frontlines. #WPS #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #COP29AUS

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

❗#COP29 ❗Our Executive Director Michelle Higelin is at COP29 in Azerbaijan right now, and she has a message for Australia: "Wealthy countries must step up on climate finance!"

#ClimateFinance #FundOurFuture

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

This project is so important. Ni-Vanuatu women need electricity for cooking, to charge digital devices, and for lighting. But up to 90% of people in rural areas of Vanuatu have no access to the electricity grid. Thanks for your support @AusHCVanuatu, @dfat & @PowerWellsOrg! 👏

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

"The escalating crisis means that someone is going to have to pay at the end of the day. The question at #COP is whether the bill lands at the door of those that are causing the damage, or those that suffer it." #COP29 #ClimateFinance #FundOurFuture

https://t.co/Zr3aMJBdO0

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

"I couldn’t possibly tell you in such a short time how many ways people in Gaza can be killed right now: buildings falling, disease, bombs, starvation.
There’s absolutely no hope right now: people are suffering."

@UNWateridge tells @BBC about the dire humanitarian crisis in Northern #Gaza, with families cut off from food, water, and aid for over a month.

[Ralph Regenvanu @RRegenvanu]

https://t.co/8zIr75sjac

[Michelle Higelin @HigelinMichelle]

⁦@ActionAid⁩ Vanuatu kicks off Disability Localisation Summit with 90 women with disabilities & allies to build an agenda for gender responsive & inclusive #DRR. ⁦@ActionAid_aus⁩ is proud to support WITTT Sunshine a movement of 1000 women with disabilities

[Michelle Higelin @HigelinMichelle]

It was so amazing to join the launch!

[ActionAid Australia @ActionAid_aus]

A grassroots movement of 9,000 ni-#Vanuatu women have launched the Women I Tok Tok Tugeta federation in Port Vila, dedicated to supporting women’s leadership in preparing their communities for #climate disasters in the face of #gender inequalities.

https://t.co/kEmoj1BCSX

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

“It is absolutely terrifying.
You can hear children crying, people screaming, people running for their lives, and it has been nonstop for 24 hours. People are trapped."

@UNWateridge tells @AJEnglish that people in #Gaza are facing relentless and continuous bombardments with nowhere safe to go.

[Michelle Higelin @HigelinMichelle]

Racism is alive and well in this country. I was waiting for a bus in Redfern and because 2 young Aboriginal people were waiting at the stop with me, the driver kept going - Aboriginal politician calls out racism- ABC News ⁦@syd_transport⁩ https://t.co/nN1aTgZAi5