The environment minister is fighting back at the criticisms of her political opponents as global green leaders descend on Australia.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.How does Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek host a global summit to promote a “nature positive” agenda while rebuffing bitter attacks on her record from the Greens, as well as the opposition?Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will host the Global Nature Positive Summit from Monday – but is under pressure to deliver environment reforms promised in 2022.
Australia’s environment is a miracle of evolution. More than 80 per cent of Australia’s nearly 400 mammal species, from the furry greater glider that sails through treetops to the egg-laying, poisonous platypus, are found nowhere else.A southern greater glider in Tallaganda National Park in NSW.Australia has lost the most mammals of any continent. The 39 mammal species that have disappeared since 1788 represent 38 per cent of the world’s lost mammals.
Critics claim Plibersek has little to show for her ambition, but she says the government has an enviable record of boosting environmental protections and renewable energy growth. The bill to create an EPA was halted after public pressure from the mining industry, following which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared his government would not agree to the Greens’ demand to create a “climate trigger” law, which would allow the government to block fossil fuel projects.
“Ending the loss of nature is the heart of ‘nature positive’. The national policy platform reflects this majority priority, but we are still waiting for concrete action.”
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