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title: Federal Government pledges 30% of all land for conservation
description: As 15 new species have been added to the endangered list, the Federal Government has committed to protect an additional 50M hectares of land by 2030.
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# Federal Government pledges 30% of all land for conservation
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
As fifteen new animal and plant species have also been added to the endangered list, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has made a commitment to protect an additional 50 million hectares of land by the end of the decade.
Victorian campaigners say they found about 60 endangered greater gliders during a night survey in forest marked for logging, which should now trigger the terms of a temporary court injunction to prevent logging in the 12 coupes where the gliders were found.
And in the run-up to the UN’s climate conference, young people from the Global South are demanding climate justice, while host country Egypt warns the UK not to backtrack on its climate commitments in the wake of royals being told by Prime Minister Liz Truss not to attend the event.
[Federal government pledges 30pc of all land for conservation to protect threatened species](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-04/federal-government-pledges-30-percent-of-all-land-for-conservati/101498000)
The new plan, to be outlined by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on Tuesday, includes a commitment to protect an additional 50 million hectares of land by the end of the decade.
[Sixty endangered greater gliders found in Victorian forests tagged for logging](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/04/sixty-endangered-greater-gliders-found-in-victorian-forests-tagged-for-logging)
Citizen scientists have reportedly found about 60 endangered greater gliders in a dozen Victorian areas that have been targeted for logging.
[Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/03/young-people-climate-justice-cop27-un-talks-egypt)
Young people from some of the countries most affected by climate breakdown have warned they are not victims but a force to be reckoned with in the run-up to a UN climate conference in Egypt.
[Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/03/cop27-host-egypt-warns-uk-not-backtrack-climate-agenda)
The Egyptian government, host of the next UN climate summit, has warned the UK against “backtracking from the global climate agenda”, in a significant intervention prompted by fears over UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero.
[Scientists hopeful tiny ocean zooplankton will help tell if climate change targets are met](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-02/zooplankton-study-southern-ocean-co2-global-warming/101490946)
Data being collected from the deep waters of the Southern Ocean is allowing scientists to directly measure the impacts of global climate change
[Major $62b investment to Queensland renewable sector](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairnspost.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Fcairns-business%2Fmajor-62b-investment-to-queensland-renewable-sector%2Fnews-story%2F900497c2a5fe55eadf156b8d3bedca19&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=8_6fdlNGyrBm2TyMcjDb_xOvUDM&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5jYWlybnNwb3N0LmNvbS5hdSJ9.QShABFvWEUCGcoyrRcSK7luAG3KfBakqiOLFCFe-pyx2Eol1IhoTAxaFUyLciKzCTTaILKT5RK1ibnBWOiafxg)
A major investment into Queensland’s renewable energy sector is expected to transform the state into an electrical ‘powerhouse’ – and the state government is calling on industry to help manufacture components locally.
[New era as NSW energy grid turns to renewables](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fnation%2Fpolitics%2Fnew-era-as-nsw-energy-grid-turns-to-renewables%2Fnews-story%2F7bd6339c15421c5f5a946aaca973c8be&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=JYLinqkRyT6JhSOgpkqe85J1-Gg&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy50aGVhdXN0cmFsaWFuLmNvbS5hdSJ9.1vY3spCFUUyGhEDyLIBXg29p-26pmzXzwzE2oZZbe-c6TeCw918owAs9OyVpNyuNC5HcZKjScGkzQdfI9fLuVQ)
The first tender for renewable energy and long-duration storage contracts in NSW opens on Tuesday, marking the launch of an energy policy the government says will save the average household about $130 a year.
[Blackout fears dismissed as power station in WA taken offline amid uncertainty over coal supply](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-03/collie-coal-station-offline-supply-uncertainty/101497014)
The WA government is talking down fears of blackouts this summer after a power station was switched off to conserve the state's coal supplies.
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