The UN cultural agency released a report warning that without 'ambitious, rapid and sustained' climate action, the world's largest coral reef is in peril.
Australia's environment minister has said her government will lobby against a recommendation by a UN panel that the Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is"in danger".climate changeFrequent bleaching events are threatening the reef, including four over the last seven years and the first during a La Nina phenomenon, which typically brings cooler temperatures, this year.
Bleaching happens when the water warms too much, causing corals to expel the colourful algae living in their tissues and turn white.Officials from the UN cultural agency and the International Union for Conservation of Nature released a report on Monday warning that without"ambitious, rapid and sustained" climate action, the world's largest coral reef is in peril.
The report, which recommended shifting the Great Barrier Reef to endangered status, followed a 10-day mission in March to the reef off Australia's northeast coast that was added to the World Heritage list in 1981. Canberra has lobbied for years to keep the reef - which contributes A$6.4bn to the economy - off the endangered list as it could lead to losing the heritage status, taking some shine off its attraction for tourists.
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