SYDNEY, TUESDAY 23 APRIL 2024 – As negotiators from 176 nations meet this week to develop an international treaty on plastic pollution, Greenpeace is urging the Australian government to back a Global Plastics Treaty with strong plastic reduction targets that will put an end to single-use plastics in Australia. The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), held this week in Canada, will discuss the draft terms of the Global Plastics Treaty, which the United Nations committed to deliver by the end of 2024. Greenpeace is calling for the treaty to set a legally-binding ..read more

It’s here – it has a new kick-ass name, and it’ll soon be on the high seas to protect what we love. Last month, we announced Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s first ever campaigning vessel. This lightning-fast, 68ft new addition to the Greenpeace fleet will be used to fight for the protection of our precious oceans in our region. From stopping Woodside’s disastrous offshore gas plans, fighting for a new Marine Protected Area for Lord Howe Rise, and keeping deep sea mining out of the waters of Australia and the Pacific forever, our new vessel is ready to make waves. Before we start campaigning on ..read more

SYDNEY, Tuesday 16 April 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called on the federal government to urgently back up the establishment of the new environmental protection agency, Environment Protection Australia (EPA), with the promised overhaul of Australia’s broken national nature law. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced that the federal government will establish two new agencies – the EPA and Environmental Information Australia – as a matter of priority, but failed to give clear timelines on the bigger promise to deliver a new and vastly improved national nature law. The f ..read more

Please find a link below to the PDF of the concise statement made to the Federal Court of Australia where Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited claims that Woodside Energy Group Ltd has made and continues to make misleading or deceptive representations about its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in response to climate change. Greenpeace v Woodside Concise Statement Members of the media only can contact Lisa Wills on 0456 206 021 or Kimberley Bernard on 0407 581 404 for further information or to arrange an interview ..read more

“The offshore gas amendments are fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn.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. Comments attributable to a Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson: “We are deeply concerned that Resources Minister Madeleine King is using sneaky means to fast-track approvals for new gas projects while undermining environmental protections under the EPBC Act, laying the groundwork for more new gas during a climate crisis. “The Bill effectively provides the offsh ..read more

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. Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today welcomed the final NVES proposal as a meaningful effort to reduce transport pollution –  the fastest-growing source of emissions in Australia.  “This important climate decision will make all the difference when it comes to urgently bringing more affordable electric vehicles into Australia and is crucial if Australia i ..read more

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. Meanwhile, demand for electric vehicles in Australia has skyrocketed. While every Australian state and territory government has now introduced some form of incentive for the purchase of electric vehicles, the lack of fuel efficiency standards in Australia is putting the brakes on the electric vehicle market, holding Australians back from cleaner, more affordable electric transport. This important climat ..read more

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. Flattened trees rotting, following a deforestation event for a cattle station in Queensland. Queensland has the highest rate of deforestation in Australia. Most deforestation occurs for the purpose of growing pasture for beef cattle. © Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images Since December 2023, The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Queensland Conservation Council have referred ..read more

Protest at Deep Sea Mining Ship in the Pacific Region © Martin Katz / Greenpeace 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. The ISA will be discussing Greenpeace’s 200-hour peaceful protest against NORI/The Metals Company, which saw activists kayak around industry vessel MV COCO over 14 days in November and December. In response, the ISA Secretary-General, Michael Lodge, argued that Greenpeace’s kayakers posed “a threat of serious harm t ..read more

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