The Climate Justice Alliance of the Northern Territory (CJA NT) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia’s Inquiry into Energy, Food and Water Security. As a grassroots network of organisations and individuals working across health, housing, law, research, justice, environment, and advocacy, we bring both on-the-ground insight and interdisciplinary expertise to this critical national conversation. Our member organisations — including the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT (AMSANT), the Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT), and researchers from the Menzies School of Health Research — work daily with communities navigating the compounding and unequal effects of climate change.
Founded in 2020, CJA NT formed in response to the growing climate impacts already being experienced across the Territory — including rising temperatures, declining water quality, unreliable energy infrastructure, and increasing food insecurity. Climate injustice in the Northern Territory is sharply felt by Aboriginal and remote communities, who are on the frontline of climate disruption while contributing the least to its causes. This submission seeks to highlight these urgent, place-specific challenges — and calls for immediate, well-resourced and community-led action to ensure that all communities across the Northern Territory can face the future with security, dignity, and resilience.
