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‘The stage is set’: COP29 must be a decisive moment to catalyse climate finance ambition
BAKU, Wednesday 13 November 2024 — In response to comments made at the COP29 climate conference by the President of Azerbaijan that fossil fuels are a ‘gift from God’, the following quotes can be attributed to Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
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Coles urged to beef up deforestation policies at AGM
MELBOURNE, Tuesday 12 November 2024 — Dozens of people from some of Australia’s biggest environmental organisations have protested at a pop-up ‘deforestation zone’ outside the Coles annual general meeting in…
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COP29 climate talks must deliver new finance package to match scale of climate catastrophe
BAKU, Monday 11 November 2024 — The United Nations COP29 climate summit kicks off today in Baku, Azerbaijan (11-22 November), with negotiations aiming to set a crucial new finance deal…
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Coral pulled up by NZ trawler “environmental vandalism”, says Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Friday 01 November 2024 – Reports that a New Zealand trawler has destroyed almost 40 kilograms of deep sea corals in a region of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for…
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Risky Business: Greenpeace report reveals Woodside’s history of environmental neglect
SYDNEY, Wednesday 23 October 2024 — A report from Greenpeace Australia Pacific released today catalogues gas corporation Woodside’s troubling history of environmental neglect, as evidence mounts that its Burrub Hub…
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UN biodiversity target set to be missed by eight decades, Greenpeace warns
Cali, Colombia/Sydney, Monday 21 October 2024 – While governments begin talks at the UN Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia, a Greenpeace International report released today warns that at the current…
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Solutions, not subsidies: IEA energy report sounds urgent call for faster fossil fuel transition
SYDNEY, Wednesday 16 October 2024 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called on the Australian government to heed the International Energy Agency’s warning that today’s emission reduction efforts are too slow,…
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Greenpeace slams Coalition’s ‘wild idea’ to pave the way for more gas
SYDNEY, Wednesday 16 October 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s election commitment to prolong the country’s use of fossil fuels by including gas in the…
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WA government passing the buck on climate responsibilities
PERTH, Tuesday 15 October 2024 — In response to the WA government’s decision to remove Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from state environmental assessments tabled in parliament today, the following comments…
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Fossil fuel expansion threatens WA’s thriving tourism industry, Greenpeace warns
PERTH, Thursday 10 October 2024 — Western Australia has been celebrated at the world’s biggest tourism summit today in Perth, but Greenpeace warns fossil fuel expansion threatens the state’s iconic…
