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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Environment groups respond to WA Climate Change Bill at Parliament](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/environment-groups-respond-to-wa-climate-change-bill-at-parliament)
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
The Climate Change Bill before WA parliament will determine how WA responds to the climate crisis at a critical time as the only state without a 2030 emissions reduction target. It comes as figures from the [Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water](https://greenhouseaccounts.climatechange.gov.au/) reveal that WA annual...
## [Government increases funding to help farmers cope with climate change](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/government-increases-funding-to-help-farmers-cope-with-climate-change)
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
The federal government will rewrite the Future Drought Fund to better prepare farmers and regional economies for the worsening impacts of climate change with an investment of more than $500 million over the next eight years.
## [Australia likely emitting more methane than reported](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-likely-emitting-more-methane-than-reported)
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Australian fossil fuel producers are probably emitting twice as much methane as they report under traditional measures, according to a think tank led by Rod Sims that pushes for more aggressive energy transition targets. Mr Sims said the federal government must insist on more accurate data from...
## [El Niño is over and another La Niña could be on the way](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/el-niño-is-over-and-another-la-niña-could-be-on-the-way)
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Seven months after an El Niño associated with hotter and drier weather got under way, conditions have returned to neutral.Should a La Niña get under way later this year it would be the fourth such event in the past five years. Such a sequence – of three La Niñas followed by an El Niño and La Niña...
## [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...
## [Climate-fuelled heatwaves across Australia to cost billions](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/climate-fuelled-heatwaves-across-australia-to-cost-billions)
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
[**Heatwaves across Australia to cost billions**](https://7news.com.au/news/420-a-year-how-climate-change-could-cost-some-sydneysiders-c-13985806)Heatwaves are costing $1.6 billion annually in health, energy and productivity losses in Western Sydney — and it will only get worse. That’s the verdict of a new report on the region which will be home to 3.2 million people by 2036.
## [Former Greenpeace crew showcased on Australian Story](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/former-greenpeace-crew-showcased-on-australian-story)
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
[Teen activist Anjali Sharma wages war on government climate inaction from dorm room](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/anjali-sharma-taking-government-to-task-on-climate-change/103410358)Teenage activist and former Greenpeace staff Anjali Sharma didn't just enter the world of climate activism, she burst into it. At 14, she organised school climate strikes in her hometown of Melbourne; by 16, she sued...
## [Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/record-temperatures-cause-new-great-barrier-reef-bleaching)
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
[Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching](https://amp.theage.com.au/environment/weather/the-great-barrier-reef-is-bleaching-and-there-s-no-end-in-sight-20240226-p5f7ud.html)Large parts of the Great Barrier Reef have been bleached as ocean temperatures soar above average as scientists fear conditions will worsen in coming weeks.
## [Palau the first nation to ratify the High Seas Treaty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/palau-the-first-nation-to-ratify-the-high-seas-treaty)
Thursday, 25 January 2024
Palau has become the first nation to officially approve and sanction the UN High Seas Treaty at the UN headquarters in New York, with Chile now soon to follow after its Senate voted unanimously in favour of ratifying the historic conservation agreement. Together, they are the first two of the 60...
## [$200M in funding for energy upgrades on social housing and low income rentals](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/200m-in-funding-for-energy-upgrades-on-social-housing-and-low-income-rentals)
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
**The Federal and NSW state government have announced a new $200 million package to help support energy saving upgrades for social housing and low income rentals in the hottest and coldest parts of New South Wales. Around 30,000 household will be eligible to receive support to upgrade heat pumps,...**
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