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[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Australian here. Sorry to be a downer but it won't. I'm honestly shocked UNESCO made this decision and am concerned about political interference from our government. We're experiencing warming faster than the rest of the world. Last I saw we're at 1.4 degrees and 1.5 is when coral bleaching events are predicted to cause wide spread devastation of the reef. Do not believe anything our government says. They are currently still approving the opening of new coal and gas mines (some of them are the largest fossil fuel projects in history). The run off from the coal projects (especially in qld where the reef is) contribute to poor water quality which impacts the reef.

Australia is one of the world's worst actors on climate change. One of our states just passed a law making it a criminal offence (with jail time) to protest climate inaction. I love my country but we deserve so much more criticism than we get.

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