A Shocking New Report Shows Just How Fkd Australia’s Environment Is And I Was Not Ready For This

We all know Australia’s environment is *very* vulnerable to the effects of climate change and has been pummelled pretty hard in the last few years, but a massive new report published on Tuesday has revealed just how poor Australia’s environmental health is. Honestly, brace yourselves. The State of the Environment government report, which is released every five years but was delayed by the Morrison government until post-election, showed widespread environmental degradation between 2016 and 2021 due to climate change, habitat clearing, pollution, mining and invasive species. It found the rate of deterioration had sped up since the 2016 report, with many more animals added to the endangered species list and at least 19 ecosystems showing signs of collapse or near collapse. Australia’s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek

“If we don’t do something to change what we’re doing now, we’re going to continue to see the decline.”@tanya_plibersek says the State of the Environment report makes for “very disturbing reading” and Australia needs to “be part of the global effort to tackle climate change”. pic.twitter.com/rqbrifD2KG

— News Breakfast (@BreakfastNews) July 18, 2022

the government’s carbon reduction targets are below what Australia committed to when it signed the Paris AgreementMiriam RobinsonEuan Ritchietold Guardian Australia

Threatened species

than any other continentbetween 1 billion and 3 billion animals.

Land clearing

show signs of collapse*all* of suburban Melbourne

Freshwater and sea health

the mass bleaching in March this year which shocked scientists because it happened during La Niñadevastated kelp forests along the south-east coast

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