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Great Barrier Reef outlook worsens to ‘critical’ as climate change named number one threat to world heritage sites
The condition of the Great Barrier Reef has worsened from “significant concern” to “critical” in a damning world heritage outlook report by a UNESCO advisory body.
Key points:
- An advisory body to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has re-listed the Great Barrier Reef as “critical”
- Climate change is now the number one threat to the World Heritage area
- Scientists are calling for government to show urgent leadership on climate change
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) escalated the reef’s status to the worst possible rating in its report on Thursday and named climate change the greatest threat to the Australian natural wonder.
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