Maybe these will be of more use then:
(for environmental security)
Aid
- The World Bank estimates that at least US $70 billion is needed annually to help developing countries adapt to the effects of climate change. Australia’s current contribution of $160 million is 0.002% of the amount World Bank says is needed.
- Not only is climate aid inadequate and in breach of UN commitments, but a large proportion is being misspent.
- $200 million of Australia’s climate aid is funding a government campaign for the recognition of forest carbon credits at the UN, as a way of offsetting Australian emissions. The money is being spent on ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD) in Indonesia and PNG, to demonstrate the offsets are viable. Many NGOs and indigenous people’s organisations argue REDD offset schemes are ineffective in reducing overall emissions, undermine the livelihood of subsistence farmers and displace forest-dwelling indigenous peoples
Immigration and refugee policy
PNG solution (aid)
- Introduced by Kevin Rudd in July 2013
- Australia gave PNG $420 million extra in aid to persuade it to take in refugees who arrive in Australia by boat
- Continued by Tony Abbott
- However, PNG PM Peter O’Neil has said that PNG will only take “some”, not all refugees, putting this policy in jeopardy
Trade not aid(ish, more like the national interest of being a positive global actor)
Mining for development
- The $127 million dollar Mining for Development Initiative was launched by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in October 2011.
- It's intended to help developing nations avoid the catastrophic mismanagement, corruption and environmental damage that, in places like Nigeria, has resulted in people being left worse off as a result of their mineral wealth.
- The director of NGO AidWatch, Thulsi Narayanasamy, says the initiative is "at best, an expensive exercise in corporate welfare".
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