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“Everything to play for,” says Greenpeace, as Chris Bowen arrives in Brazil for COP30
BELÉM, BRAZIL, Sunday 16 November 2025 – Australia’s bid to host COP31 in partnership with the Pacific hangs in the balance as Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen lands in…
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Australia’s Nature Laws Are Finally Up for Reform. But Will They Be Strong Enough to Protect What Matters?
This week marks a major moment in Australia’s long and frustrating struggle to fix its broken national nature laws. The federal government has finally tabled long-awaited reforms to the Environment…
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EPBC reforms must be significantly improved to deliver for nature
CANBERRA, 30 OCTOBER 2025 — Greenpeace has warned that the revamped laws will fall far short if critical gaps in addressing deforestation, climate impacts and excessive Ministerial discretion are not…
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Close Major Deforestation Loopholes in the EPBC Act
To the Prime Minister, Federal Environment Minister, and Members of the Albanese Government. As researchers who study, document and work to recover Australia’s plants and animals, insects and ecosystems, we are keenly aware of the value of nature to Australians and the world. Please support closing major deforestation loopholes in the EPBC Act as an…
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‘A global win but a domestic disappointment’: Australia misses crucial milestone for Global Ocean Treaty at UNGA
CANBERRA/NEW YORK, Saturday 20 September 2025 – The Albanese government “hasn’t missed the boat but had better start swimming” after it failed to meet a crucial milestone in the landmark…
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Albanese Government’s climate credibility is hanging by a thread
This new target is far short of what’s required to keep communities in Australia and the Pacific safe. It is an affront to vulnerable communities.
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Weak climate target prioritises fossil fuel profits over safety of our communities
SYDNEY, Thursday 18 September 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has branded the Albanese government’s new 2035 climate target as weak, dangerous and drastically short of what’s needed to meet the…
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Albanese government’s climate credibility on thin ice following Woodside approval: Greenpeace
SYDNEY/PERTH, Friday, 12 September 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Albanese government’s approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension as a betrayal of Australian and Pacific communities facing…
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‘Choose action’: Pacific civil society calls on Albanese to deliver strong climate plan and reject North West Shelf extension
HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, Thursday 11 September 2025 — At the Pacific Islands Forum, Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) have called for climate accountability from…
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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.