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title: The Canopy | renewables
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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...
## [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.
## [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...
## [A greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/a-greater-glider-has-been-spotted-in-deongwar-state-forest)
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
After 25-years logging and bushfires, a greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest. Deongwar state forest contains 4,700 hectares of intact remnant native bushland and is a key wildlife corridor, connecting large tracts of nearby forest. But in March the logging stopped.
## [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...
## [Tiny freshwater Snowy Mountains fish faces extinction without action](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/tiny-freshwater-snowy-mountains-fish-faces-extinction-without-action)
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
The Yalmy galaxias is ‘on the verge of disappearing for ever’ and Laboron the brink of failing to meet its zero extinctions target.
## [Queensland looks to cut emissions by 75 per cent by 2035 in rare show of bipartisanship](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/queensland-looks-to-cut-emissions-by-75-per-cent-by-2035-in-rare-show-of-bipartisanship)
Monday, 22 April 2024
Queensland looks to cut emissions by 75 per cent in a decade and a renewable energy target of 80 per cent by 2035 was enshrined in law on Thursday. Labor and the LNP both voted for the former, in a rare show of bipartisanship in an election year to make Queensland a renewables superpower.
## [New data shows Great Barrier Reef suffering underwater bushfire on par with Black Summer](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/new-data-shows-great-barrier-reef-suffering-underwater-bushfire-on-par-with-black-summer)
Monday, 15 April 2024
New data shows the Great Barrier Reef has suffered through its worst-ever heat stress with more than 80% of reefs enduring dangerous levels of heating (more than four Degree Heating Weeks), as scientists grapple to quantify the irreparable, cumulative damage from repeated such events.
## [BOM's first winter forecast for 2024 declares it could be one of Australia's warmest on record](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/boms-first-winter-forecast-for-2024-declares-it-could-be-one-of-australias-warmest-on-record)
Friday, 12 April 2024
The Bureau of Meteorology's first winter forecast of 2024 has confidently declared one of the warmest on record throughout Australia.Australia could meet an “ambitious” target to cut national greenhouse gases by at least 65% and up to 75% by 2035, according to an initial assessment by the Albanese...
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