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How will the Great Barrier Reef cope with climate change impacts?
As an Australian working within the global Greenpeace network, it is a question I have been asked numerous times. Our Great Barrier Reef is justly famous across the planet as one of the most admired and remarkable places on earth.
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Like State of Origin final, latest deforestation report a big lose for Queensland
SYDNEY, Thursday 18 July 2024 — In response to the Queensland Government’s release of the state’s latest land cover change report, the following comments can be attributed to Senior Campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Gemma Plesman:
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Greenpeace launches first dedicated ship in Australia-Pacific region, announces inaugural campaign
GOLD COAST, Monday 15 July 2024 — Greenpeace has today unveiled its first-ever ship to be permanently based in the Australia-Pacific region in a naming ceremony on the Gold Coast,…
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Reef call a final warning on fossil fuels: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, 25 JUNE 2024 – Following an overnight report from UNESCO urging Australia to set more ambitious climate targets for the Great Barrier Reef but leaving the World Heritage site…
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‘A deadly blow’: Confirmation of global mass coral bleaching event a direct result of fossil fuel decisions
SYDNEY, Tuesday 16 April 2024 — The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have today confirmed the world is experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event — the second in the last 10 years.
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Why Australia must protect the Great Barrier Reef from coral bleaching
Stretching over 2,300km and comprising approximately 3,000 individual reefs, the Great Barrier Reef stands as the largest coral system on our planet. Yet, despite its grandeur, it has relentlessly battled bleaching events in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and now in 2024.
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Seventh Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching a desperate warning to end fossil fuels
SYDNEY, Friday 8 March 2024 — The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has today officially confirmed that the World Heritage-listed wonder is undergoing a seventh mass coral bleaching event — the fifth in just eight years.
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Greenpeace Applauds High Seas Treaty Commitment, But Warns Fossil Fuels Incompatible With Healthy Oceans
Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has applauded a historic commitment from the Australian government to protect the world’s oceans, but warned the expansion of fossil fuels is incompatible with a healthy marine environment. Speaking at the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that Australia will sign the High Seas Treaty…
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Why UNESCO’s draft decision to leave the Great Barrier Reef out of its “in danger” list is another red flag the environment faces.
Our planet continues to warn us that we cannot continue on our current trajectory. And this year has proven to be no different. From the hottest month on record to what is looking like the hottest year. Moreover, there are some of the biggest environmental red flags of 2023 to remind us why the Great…
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James Price Point and the fight to protect the Kimberley from new gas
With birthing grounds of the largest Humpback Whale population, corals and fish to match the Great Barrier Reef, the Kimberley is like nowhere else on Earth. Despite its international significance it’s still not safe from the fossil fuel industry. ||Oil and gas exploration well pad encroaching on the King Sound mangrove system © Damian Kelly|‘Protect…