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Offshore gas amendments a massive step backwards for nature protection, climate action: Greenpeace
“The offshore gas amendments are fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn. They are a massive step backwards, undermining Labor’s commitments to nature protection and leaving our endangered species at risk to the gas industry.
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New Vehicle Emissions Standards legislation to drive real climate action
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the Federal Government’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards (NVES) legislation as a win for climate action while warning that any emissions reduction traded away now must be made up for later.
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Media Briefing: Australia’s New Fuel Efficiency Standard
Transport currently makes up 20% and the fastest-growing source of emissions in Australia. By 2030 is it anticipated to be our largest source of emissions, as the electricity grid decarbonises.
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Joint deforestation investigation exposes broken national environment law
SYDNEY, Monday 25 March 2024 — A joint investigation by three of Australia’s leading environmental organisations has uncovered multiple instances of large-scale deforestation which were not referred to the federal government for approval.
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Greenpeace risks expulsion from UN seabed authority meeting for peaceful at-sea protest
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) could today expel Greenpeace from the UN deep sea mining body’s meeting, a move that would fundamentally undermine the right to peaceful protest.
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Major milestone reached in historic climate judgement as States submit arguments to world’s highest court
AMSTERDAM / SYDNEY / SUVA, Friday 22 March 2024 — Today marks a significant milestone in the historic campaign to take climate change to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as the deadline for State written submissions closes.
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Protecting the Emperor Seamounts: A Vital Step for Ocean Conservation
Deep beneath the northern Pacific Ocean lies a remote chain of more than 800 seamounts. These oases of life, known as the Emperor Seamounts, are home to a rich variety of cold-water corals and sponges, as well as smaller creatures like crustaceans and sea stars.
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A Journey of Resilience: Taking the Climate Fight to the International Court of Justice
Noqu mata vuvale has a very special meaning in my Fijian language. It means you have opened the gates and entered our loving home and there is a reason why we have kept this special place for you. You are family.
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BUSTED! Greenpeace AP reveals AAA’s efforts to water down emissions standards
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today called on Australia’s largest motoring clubs to condemn the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) for its repeated efforts, including with the fossil fuel car and petroleum lobbies, to water down limits on car pollution and slow the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia.
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Our new campaigning vessel
With the help of an incredibly generous donor, we’ve purchased a 68ft blue water sailing boat. It’s no leisure cruiser. It’s built for speed, for the open water, to take on those who threaten the future of our blue planet.
