The Albanese government faces fresh questions over its climate action after the Great Barrier Reef was hit by its fifth mass bleaching event since 2016.
Australia’s climate targets must be bolstered to meet the global action needed to prevent the complete loss of the world’s coral reefs, experts warn, after the fifth mass bleaching event off Queensland’s coast since 2016.that has reached the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef for the first [email protected] & diversforclimate
The Climate Council has calculated that Australia needs to cut emissions by 75 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2035 to play its part in the international action needed to meetAdvertisement World Wide Fund for Nature said Australia must boost its climate action to help prevent the complete loss of coral reefs.
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