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IPCC REPORT: AUSTRALIA UNPREPARED FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS AHEAD
Sydney, 28 February 2022: The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a grim and frightening picture of the serious climate impacts that face Australia and the Pacific, which Greenpeace Australia Pacific says must spur much deeper, faster emissions reduction.The report focuses on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, laying out…
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Morrison’s UNESCO Reef Report “the height of hypocrisy”: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Feb 3 2022 – Australia’s update to the World Heritage Committee on its efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef is the height of hypocrisy, Greenpeace said, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison asking the global community to fight harder against climate change while refusing to accelerate climate action and supporting the expansion of the…
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Morrison Government missing in action as Reef outlook goes from bad to catastrophic
SYDNEY, Feb 2 2022 – A new study warning that almost all coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, will suffer regular heat stress even if global heating is capped at 1.5 degrees Celsius provides further proof of the urgent need for the Morrison Government to rapidly reduce emissions by replacing fossil fuels with renewable…
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Morrison Government will do almost anything to protect the Reef, except address climate change
SYDNEY, Jan 28 2022 – The Morrison Government’s pledge to spend an additional $1 billion over a decade on Great Barrier Reef conservation projects shows that it is willing to do almost anything to protect the Reef, except reduce the fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said.Today Prime Minister Scott Morrison…
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Western Australia’s mind-blowing biodiversity
There are 12 species of birds and 3 species of mammals unique to this area (endemic). The province is home to 7,380 plant taxa, with almost half (3,620) endemic to the area! Greenpeace approaches the Soviet Soviet factory ship Dalniy Vostok and a harpoon ship. Bob Hunter stands at the bow of the Greenpeace ship…
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Federal Labor misses the mark with weak climate policy
The Federal Labor party has released its climate policy with a 2030 emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030, which Greenpeace Australia Pacific says is a missed opportunity to effectively tackle the climate crisis.Labor’s climate policy, released by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese today, dials back the 2030 emissions reduction target that Labor took to the…
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AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRESSURED UK TO DROP CLIMATE TARGETS FOR TRADE DEAL
SYDNEY, Sept 9 2021: The Australian Federal Government pressured the UK to drop references to commitments to Paris Agreement temperature limits in order to get a post-Brexit trade deal over the line, in a leaked email obtained by Greenpeace.The trade deal between Australia and the UK was set to contain references to the Paris goals…
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Morrison government ‘pressured independent agency to rush key report on Great Barrier Reef and leaked findings’
SYDNEY, Sept 2 2021 – When the World Heritage Committee recommended the Great Barrier Reef be declared “in danger” due to climate change, the Morrison Government did nothing to safeguard the ecosystem and instead pressured an independent agency to rush a key scientific report and leak selected findings to help its lobbying efforts, documents obtained…
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Morrison’s IPCC response endangers Australians on the frontlines of the climate crisis
SYDNEY, Aug 10 2020 – Scott Morrison’s speech today in response to the urgent warning issued by the IPCC shows a callous disregard for protecting Australians from the impacts of dangerous climate change, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.A day after the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that Australia was already experiencing heating of 1.4…
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IPCC Report: I sent this to my team at Greenpeace today
Hi everyone, I sent a version of this email to my team at Greenpeace today. As a supporter and a friend, I wanted to share it with you too. I hope you got some rest over the weekend and managed to spend some time doing something that brought you contentment and joy. Today is a…