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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Australians consumers lead first ever phone amnesty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australian-consumers-lead-first-world-phone-amnesty)
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Australia will lead the first-ever World Phone Amnesty, a global movement to transform mobile phone ownership behaviour, curb carbon emissions, and reduce the number of devices being discarded every year – billions. Approximately 83% of a phone’s carbon emissions come from manufacturing, shipping...
## [Dismay at ‘no’ vote as Government considers next steps](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/dismay-at-no-vote-as-government-considers-next-steps)
Monday, 16 October 2023
[**Cabinet to consider interim listening mechanism after resounding no vote**](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/16/cabinet-to-consider-interim-listening-mechanism-after-resounding-no-vote-on-voice)Federal cabinet is meeting to discuss the Albanese government’s next steps to address Indigenous disadvantage, with senior government figures favouring an interim listening mechanism to provide advice directly to the prime...
## [Scientists describe missing Antarctic sea ice as deeply alarming](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/scientists-describe-missing-antarctic-sea-ice-as-deeply-alarming)
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
## [Australia amongst first to sign global high seas treaty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-amongst-first-to-sign-global-high-seas-treaty)
Thursday, 21 September 2023
Australia has become one of the first in the world to sign a legally binding, landmark biodiversity pact for the high seas which addresses an astonishing lack of protection for parts of the ocean that lie over 200 nautical miles offshore. Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has praised this development but...
## [El Niño is here, summer of heatwaves predicted](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/el-niño-is-here-summer-of-heatwaves-predicted)
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared that an El Niño weather pattern is underway, increasing the likelihood of a hot and dry summer for Australia, as global weather records continue to tumble. The declaration comes as cloudless skies over the continent which are typical of El Nino...
## [Spring temperature records shattered already](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/spring-temperature-records-shattered-already)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Temperature records for the start of spring have been shattered in parts of Australia as cloudless skies across the continent have heated the air that is now lingering over eastern capital cities, setting the nation up for what is expected to be a long and hot summer.
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