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Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment: Reality hits home
The Australian Government has finally released Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, and some of the findings are chilling. Let's unpack what it means for phasing out fossil fuels and our 2035 climate plan.
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‘Everything we love is at stake’: Climate Risk report lays bare the dire costs of inaction for Australian communities
SYDNEY, Monday 15 September 2025 — The National Climate Risk Assessment, released today, lays out the catastrophic impacts to communities and ecosystems across Australia if we fail to reduce climate…
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Greenpeace slams the Business Council of Australia for ‘dangerous’ report based on ‘junkyard modelling’
SYDNEY, Friday 5 September 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has branded the Business Council of Australia’s latest report and modelling as dangerous, delusional and completely unaligned with the latest science.
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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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‘If they drill, expect a spill’: ConocoPhillips can’t be trusted to drill for gas off the Victorian coast
MELBOURNE, Monday 1 September 2025 — Following disturbing allegations multinational oil and gas corporation ConocoPhillips covered up a methane leak at an LNG export hub in Darwin, Greenpeace Australia Pacific…
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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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Greenpeace opposes any moves to fast-track developments without stronger and upfront nature protections
SYDNEY, Tuesday 12 August 2025 — in response to the Productivity Commission's proposed reforms to the EPBC Act to accelerate renewable energy projects, David Ritter, CEO at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said:
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Environment and Unions alliance calls for WA clean-up hub
PERTH, Monday 11 August 2025 – A new analysis released today by an alliance of unions and leading environmental organisations has recommended a nation-first ‘decommissioning hub’ be built in Western…
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Woodside decommissioning “more like decomposing”: Greenpeace
PERTH, Friday 1 August 2025 — In response to reports fossil fuel giant Woodside has been hit with mandated orders over decommissioning by safety regulator NOPSEMA, the following statement can…
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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.