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What the first National Climate Risk Assessment means for Australia’s 2035 climate target
The release of the delayed National Climate Risk Assessment cannot come soon enough. Without data on future climate risks, how are we to best prepare for what's coming? The Risk Assessment is also a vital input to Australia's decision on its 2035 climate target.
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Time for Australia to SLAPP back
The Australian Quarterly invited David Ritter, CEO, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, to write about the growing use of lawfare by vested corporate interests for their July 2025 edition.
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Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations
It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil. After two long weeks, world governments could not come to an agreement on how to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.
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Soaring ocean temperatures: Australia’s iconic marine wonders are under attack
Ningaloo Reef on Australia’s west coast is an iconic marine ecosystem, home to breathtaking coral reefs, vibrant fish, and threatened species like whale sharks, green sea turtles and pygmy blue…
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Turning Ocean Trash into Transition Treasure
Sitting off the North West Coast of Western Australia lies a strange abundance of material that could be a significant new industry for WA’s economy. No, it’s not more oil…
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Ocean Protector Lobby Trip to Save Scott Reef
On Monday 28th July, 17 amazing volunteers and 10 staff came from across the country to meet with our elected representatives in parliament on the issue of Saving Scott Reef.
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Albo close the deforestation loopholes!
Last year, Greenpeace visited the RSPCA wildlife hospital in Queensland, where injured koalas, possums, kookaburras, and flying foxes were being treated. The hospital was overwhelmed, caring for three times the…
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Greenpeace demands international accountability in the face of ethnic cleansing and famine in Gaza
While the Israeli government continues its devastating acts of collective punishment with impunity, the international community has utterly failed to respond with the necessary moral urgency and integrity.
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Trump wants to mine the deep sea – what just happened?
The very idea of deep sea mining is bad enough to have mobilised millions of people against this new industry. Sending tank sized machines kilometres below the surface of the…
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South Australia’s algal bloom is an unnatural disaster
Australia is currently facing an unprecedented marine disaster: a catastrophic harmful algal bloom stretching across 500 kilometres of South Australia’s coastline.
