Legal experts: The Australian government is failing the Reef

Scott Morrison on the left with bleached coral on the right. Guardian tearout reads: Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef 'in danger'

Legal experts say the Morrison Government has violated its legal obligations to protect the Great Barrier Reef.¹

Under the World Heritage Convention countries must do all they can to protect World Heritage sites.

However environmental lawyers say Australia's oversized contribution to the climate crisis is jeopardising the future of the reef.

That's because Australia is the world's 3rd-largest exporter of climate pollution. And our domestic carbon emissions are still rising.

Will you join the call for every federal MP to speak out against this failure - and explain what they're doing to meet their legal obligations to Australia's environmental heritage

References:
[1] Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef 'in danger', The Guardian, 11 June 2020.

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Scientists have confirmed the third major coral bleaching event within just 5 years. This is a crisis for our beloved Great Barrier Reef.

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1. Publicly acknowledge that the climate crisis is the number 1 threat to the Great Barrier Reef
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