Snorkel Diplomacy Is Australia’s New Tactic in Reef Climate Spat
- Ambassadors to visit site ahead of Unesco heritage meeting
- Government has rejected calls to classify site as endangered
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Australia has a new plan to convince other nations that climate risks to the iconic Great Barrier Reef are overstated: it’s asking them to put on snorkeling masks and take a look.
Ambassadors from the European Union and more than a dozen nations, including Japan and Russia, have been invited to visit -- and swim at -- the World Heritage Site ahead of a United Nations vote that’ll consider plans to designate the reef as in danger and request Australia does more to bolster conservation.