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Environment Department shrouds UNESCO mission to Reef in secrecy, keeps agenda under tight control
BRISBANE, March 22 2022 – With the Great Barrier Reef undergoing a severe and widespread coral bleaching event it is vital that a UN mission currently in Australia to survey the Reef’s health is allowed to see the climate damage to the Reef firsthand, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says.A UNESCO reactive monitoring mission is currently in…
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Climate change causes severe and widespread coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef in La Niña year
SYDNEY, March 18 2022 – The Great Barrier Reef suffering severe and widespread coral bleaching with higher temperatures during a La Niña year when average ocean temperatures are cooler, is clear evidence of the Morrison Government’s failure to protect the Reef from the impacts of climate change, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. Earlier today the Great Barrier…
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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…