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Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Calling On Leaders To Endorse Climate Justice At Pif
Young Pacific activists and students, alongside Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Amnesty International, and others held a major flotilla calling on world leaders to support climate justice by endorsing the campaign for an advisory opinion on the human rights impacts of climate change at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) kicks…
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13 steps to make Australia a renewable superpower
By Greenpeace Australia Pacific It’s time to make Australia a renewable superpower |The crowd play with a globe at the Sydney Climate march. Millions of people around the world are striking from school or work to demand urgent measures to stop the climate crisis.| In his victory speech, newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…
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Fighting Against Deforestation and Illegal Logging
Deforestation is a threat we need to tackle urgently. We have lost the majority of the world's forests and it's vital to save what's left.
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Morrison Hands Woodside A $40M License To Pollute
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced that he plans to waste $40 million of public money on carbon capture and storage for Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project, which Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed as dangerous and ineffective.Morrison announced the $40 million for Woodside, part of a nationwide $250 million to be spent on carbon capture…
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Australia Out Of Step With IPCC Call To End Fossil Fuels
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 report, released today, shows the pathway towards a cleaner, safer and cheaper world - but Australia must commit to a very swift exit from fossil fuels to realise it, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. The IPCC report focuses on climate solutions, finding that renewable energy backed…
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Coping with Climate Grief: Advice from an Environmental Psychologist
It’s been a tough couple of weeks. With the confronting findings of the latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the crisis in Ukraine, floods on one side of the country, and record-breaking heat on the other, it’s understandable if you’ve been feeling a little stressed or sad. When we…
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Victorian government’s renewable targets show AGL falls behind the winds of change
SYDNEY, March 4 2022 – The Victoria Government’s announcement of ambitious new offshore wind targets is yet further evidence that AGL’s flimsy excuses for the continued operation of dirty coal-burning power stations, including Loy Yang A, are falling apart, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says.The announcement, which looks to develop 2GW of offshore wind by 2032, 4GW…
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Greenpeace launches Climate Solutions to help Aussies drive climate action
SYDNEY, Dec 7 2021: Greenpeace Australia Pacific today launched a new tool to help Australians identify ways they can fight the climate crisis. Climate Solutions by Greenpeace combines practical, tailored advice and in-depth insights on the solutions available to help Australians drive the country’s shift to a cleaner, greener future.Research shows three-quarters (75 per cent)…