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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Australian government caught in coal cover-up](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australian-government-caught-in-coal-cover-up)
Friday, 22 October 2021
The Morrison Government actively lobbied for the rejection of findings outlining the need for rapid global coal phase out from the next major report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), revealed in documents leaked to Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative platform. This...
## [Australia ranks last on climate as even biggest corporate polluters outstrip government commitments](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-ranks-last-on-climate-as-even-biggest-corporate-polluters-outstrip-government-commitments)
Thursday, 21 October 2021
As Coalition infighting on climate commitments rages on, a new report from the Climate Council has ranked Australia dead last when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and moving beyond fossil fuels.
## [Lump of coal PM spruiks economic benefits of climate action](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/lump-of-coal-pm-spruiks-economic-benefits-of-climate-action)
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
The PM is desperately trying to assure reluctant National Party members that most of what the Coalition has been saying on the cost of climate action for years is rubbish and that net zero by 2050 is actually a winner for the economy. With the clock rapidly ticking towards the Glasgow, the Morrison...
## [It's Tuesday, and we still don't have a net-zero target](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/its-tuesday-and-we-still-dont-have-a-net-zero-target)
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
It’s Tuesday, and we still don’t have a net-zero target. We do, however, have details of the PM’s “net zero plan”, courtesy of The Australian, and it includes a projected increase in gas exports. A net-zero plan that involves extracting and exporting even more dangerous, climate-destroying fossil...
## [Students and royals call for better climate action from our leaders and “greatest brains”](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/students-and-royals-call-for-better-climate-action-from-our-leaders-and-greatest-brains)
Friday, 15 October 2021
Thousands of students around the world, including in Australia, are taking the day off school to demand better climate policies from our leaders. The student-run initiative School Strike 4 Climate is holding more than 35 in-person and online events across regional areas and capital cities in...
## [State commitments for 2030 put Australia within reach of global goals, but Morrison must step up](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/state-commitments-for-2030-put-australia-within-reach-of-global-goals-but-morrison-must-step-up)
Thursday, 14 October 2021
State government emissions reductions commitments have put Australia within reach of meeting global expectations, but new analysis reveals it will fall short unless the Morrison government steps up. Speaking of state commitments, Tasmania has announced it will mandate a target for net zero...
## [75% of Australians concerned about climate change](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/75-of-australians-concerned-about-climate-change)
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Seventy-five percent of Australians are concerned about the threat of climate change and almost seven in ten want the Morrison Government to commit to achieving net zero emissions, according to The Australia Institute’s latest annual survey of voter sentiment on climate.
## [Almost 7 in 10 Australians want stronger 2030 emissions target](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/almost-7-in-10-australians-want-stronger-2030-emissions-target)
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Prince Charles has lended his voice to the growing chorus calling on Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to attend the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in a few weeks’ time. The Prince appeared taken aback when told that Morrison said he was unlikely to attend COP because he had already spent a...
## [Pacific nations call on Australia to halve emissions by 2030](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/pacific-nations-call-on-australia-to-halve-emissions-by-2030)
Thursday, 7 October 2021
As the Morrison Government has a messy public spat over whether to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, Australia’s Pacific neighbours have called for the government to at least halve emissions this decade to help prevent further climate chaos across the region.
## [The UK vows to be free of fossil fuels by 2035](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/the-uk-vows-to-be-free-of-fossil-fuels-by-2035)
Tuesday, 5 October 2021
There’s a whole lot of news today, even leaving aside the high drama of New South Wales state politics.First cab off the rank is the announcement that the UK, population 67 million, will be run on 100% renewable power by 2035, as Boris Johnson vows to get off the gas as prices surge.A new study has...
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