Last year beagn in flames and ended with floods. It was this continent's fourth-warmest year on record, while 2019 was the hottest and driest ever documented.

For decades Governments on this continent have known about the threat of climate collapse, but have been blocking meaningful climate action.

As politicians from all sides spin lies and make promises about Australia taking meaningful climate action, this continent has already warmed by 1.44 degrees since pre-industrial levels. 1.5 degree targets, like those set out in the Paris Climate Agreement, are calculated political deceit, designed to pacify the public.

Come to Sydney from June 27 and blockade the streets of Australia's most important political and economic centre, to cause disruption that cannot be ignored. Change is necessary for survival, as Australia continues to block climate action, we will blockade Australia.

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Since 1788, First Nations Peoples have been resisting Australia and it's destructive practices. Australia was founded as a militarised resource extraction site for one of the most brutal and destructive empires in human history. It's parliaments, legal systems and enforcement agencies were designed to privatise common resources and maximise corporate profit through the organised exploitation of people and the environment.

Blockade Australia recognises these institutional barriers to climate action.

This exploitation system is creating an environmental crisis that threatens to destroy most of the life on Earth. Climate feedback loops, like the thawing permafrost, melting icecaps and burning rainforests, are becoming active. The climate crisis is nearing the point of no return.