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Pacific at peril under current climate policies, new commitments still inadequate: report
Current climate policies mean the world is on course for up to 3.9 degrees of heating, which would see a number of Pacific Island countries go under the ocean due to sea level rise, according to a new report released today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
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World’s leading climate scientist: it’s time for Australia to ditch fossil fuels
The Federal Government’s renewed support for the fossil fuel industry will ultimately come at an enormous cost to Australia’s health, economy and security, according to world-leading climate scientist Michael E. Mann.Speaking at the launch of a new report from Greenpeace Australia Pacific, The Case Against Fossil Fuels, Michael Mann, one of the world’s most respected…
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Intergenerational report paints grim future for fossil fuels but Morrison Government still betting the house on them
SYDNEY, June 28 2021 – The commitments of Australia’s main trading partners to net-zero emissions will “reduce demand for unabated fossil fuels”, Treasury’s 2021 Intergenerational report states – and yet, the Morrison Government has doubled down on fossil fuel commitments, putting Australia’s future prosperity at risk, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter…
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No thanks to Morrison on climate from Australia or the Pacific
MELBOURNE, 23 April 2021 – In response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s comments at the Biden Climate Summit overnight, please find the following statements from Greenpeace Australia Pacific below.MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said: “Once again the Federal Coalition Government has made a mockery of Australia on the world stage when…
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Morrison’s flirting not the climate commitment we need
MELBOURNE, Tuesday 20 April 2021 – In response to Scott Morrison’s speech to the Business Council of Australia last night, Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said:“Morrison’s continued flirting with net-zero by 2050 is simply not good enough. In order to protect Australians and our Pacific neighbours from the worsening impacts of climate change like…
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Civil society organisation urge Morrison to life climate ambition
As leading Australian non-profit and environmental organisations, we write to ask that you stand with our Pacific family at the upcoming Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by President Joe Biden on Earth Day, 22nd April.
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Biden Summit: Charities and churches call on Morrison to halve emissions by 2030
SYDNEY, April 15 2021 – More than 10 environmental and humanitarian organisations including Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Oxfam Australia, the Pacific Climate Action Network, The Pacific Conference of Churches, and the Edmund Rice Centre have used a full-page newspaper ad and open letter to urge Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to commit to halving emissions, ahead…
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Morrison’s Press Club Address reveals staggering lack of climate vision, again
Sydney, 1 February 2021: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech to the National Press Club on his government’s 2021 priorities has revealed a staggering lack of vision and leadership around climate change and energy transition. Morrison’s speech, largely a rehash of inadequate energy and climate announcements made over the past 12 months, demonstrates the Federal Government’s…
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific Statement on Tropical Cyclone Yasa
The following comments can be attributed to Greenpeace Head of Pacific, Joseph Moeono-Kolio. “Cyclone Yasa has been turbocharged by the mining and burning of coal, oil and gas by countries like Australia. Climate change is intensifying extreme weather events that are devastating the Pacific and parts of Australia right now. “This is what Fijian Prime…
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Australia doesn’t make the cut of the Climate Ambition B-league
SYDNEY, Sunday 13 December 2020 – Global climate ambition is not enough and the world is still not on track to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets, delegates at this weekend’s Climate Ambition Summit have been warned – and Australia wasn’t even invited. “Even the B-league doesn’t want Australia. Australia’s natural advantages in wind and solar…