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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [A Canopy announcement and today's climate news](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/a-canopy-announcement-and-your-daily-climate-news)
Friday, 10 May 2024
Some news from The Canopy team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
## [Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply for the first time](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/renewable-energy-passes-30-of-worlds-electricity-supply-for-the-first-time)
Thursday, 9 May 2024
A report on the global power system has found that the world may be on the brink of driving down fossil fuel generation despite rising demand for electricity overall, with renewable energy accounting for more than 30% of the world’s electricity last year on the back of a rapid rise in wind and...
## [A handful of counties are holding a Global Plastics Treaty back](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/a-handful-of-counties-are-holding-a-global-plastics-treaty-back)
Thursday, 2 May 2024
A proposal that would have required signatory countries to set a limit on and transparently report their global plastic production has failed to pass at a United Nations meeting in Canada due to a handful of nations, including the United States. This has stalled progress on the establishment of a...
## [AustralianSuper joins protest vote against Woodside’s climate plans](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australiansuper-joins-protest-vote-against-woodsides-climate-plans)
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Australia’s biggest superannuation fund has joined a protest vote against Woodside Energy’s failure to do more to address the climate crisis, saying it has ‘ongoing concerns’ about how the country’s biggest oil and gas company will reach net zero emissions by 2050.
## [Woodside’s Goyder under pressure amidst shareholder backlash on climate](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/woodsides-goyder-under-pressure-amidst-shareholder-backlash-on-climate)
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Britain’s biggest asset manager says it will vote to remove Richard Goyder as chairman of Australian oil and gas giant Woodside as shareholder backlash continues building against the board for refusing to do more to tackle global warming ahead of the company’s annual investor meeting next week.An...
## [CSIRO survey reveals nationwide attitudes towards the renewables transition](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/csiro-survey-reveals-nationwide-attitudes-towards-the-renewables-transition)
Thursday, 11 April 2024
Australia’s national science agency has released a survey on nationwide attitudes towards the renewable energy transition, which reveals that almost nine out of every ten Australians want a faster or moderate transition to clean energy. Many respondents have cited energy affordability,...
## [King tides cause new levels of devastation in Tuvalu, as the nation weighs up the Falepili Union treaty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/king-tides-cause-new-levels-of-devastation-in-tuvalu-as-the-nation-weighs-up-the-falepili-union-treaty)
Monday, 8 April 2024
Angela Telupe watched her backyard flood as a king tide tightened its grip on the main island of Tuvalu. Tuvalu Meteorological Service data and communication officer Simoea Tiute said the February king tide was the worst she had seen in her life in Tuvalu. The flooding came as Tuvalu considered the...
## [Woodside among top 100 greenhouse gas emitters since Paris agreement](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/woodside-among-top-100-greenhouse-gas-emitters-since-paris-agreement)
Friday, 5 April 2024
A mere 57 fossil fuel producers are directly linked to 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study has shown. West Australian gas giant Woodside comes in the top 100 of the world’s biggest polluters, with the analysis showing Woodside has increased...
## [Australia must invest billions more to reach net zero emissions by 2050](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-must-invest-billions-more-to-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2050)
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Australia must urgently reduce its reliance on coal and gas exports to meet its ambitious target to reach net zero emissions by 2050, an ex-Labor climate minister has warned. Net Zero Economy Authority outgoing chair Greg Combet said serious action was needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to curb...
## [Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/kim-beazley-urges-tanya-plibersek-to-reject-woodside-lng-plant-extension)
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension. The former Labor leader has joined other ALP luminaries in calling on the federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, to protect culturally important Indigenous rock art on Western Australia’s Burrup peninsula by refusing...
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