• The government isn’t rising to the IPCC’s challenge, but the climate movement will
    Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    We’re winning the argument on climate change, but still losing the battle on the ground. It’s time for a new approach. The post The government isn’t rising to the IPCC’s challenge, but the climate movement will appeared first on...
  • What is sportswashing and why is it such a big problem?
    Thursday, March 23, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    Polluting companies and dodgy governments are trying to clean up their image by buying teams and sponsoring tournaments. We shouldn't let them get away with it. The post What is sportswashing and why is it such a big problem? appeared...
  • Greenpeace reaction to IPCC synthesis report: ‘The Wolf is at the Door’
    Monday, March 20, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has delivered its synthesis report - the final chapter of its Sixth Assessment - to world governments in Switzerland. The post Greenpeace reaction to IPCC synthesis report: ‘The Wolf...
  • What scientists want you to know about climate change in 2023
    Monday, March 20, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    The IPCC climate report has a clear message: The choices we make in this decade will have impacts now and for thousands of years. The post What scientists want you to know about climate change in 2023 appeared first on Greenpeace UK .
  • Man Utd bidding war a “dirty derby” of sportswashing
    Friday, March 17, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    Commenting on the rival bids by the INEOS CEO and the Qatari Islamic Bank chairman to buy Manchester United, Areeba Hamid, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, said: “It’s worrying that the Man Utd bidding process has turned into...
  • UK Government must not undermine Global Ocean Treaty by greenlighting deep sea mining
    Thursday, March 16, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    Kingston, Jamaica, 16 March – The 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority starts today with world delegates gathering in Kingston, Jamaica less than two weeks after the Global Ocean Treaty was agreed at the United...
  • Budget 2023: what it means for energy bills and climate change
    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    The government had a chance to tackle the cost of living, energy and climate crises with the 2023 budget. But did they rise to the occasion? The post Budget 2023: what it means for energy bills and climate change appeared first on...
  • Calls grow for ‘silver bullet’ green homes solutions
    Thursday, March 9, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    Cross-sector coalition make the economic, social and environmental case for major investment in household energy efficiency and low-carbon heating The post Calls grow for ‘silver bullet’ green homes solutions appeared first on Greenpeace...
  • Global Ocean Treaty: how people power helped protect the oceans
    Monday, March 6, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    Under pressure from millions of people around the world, governments finally secured a Global Ocean Treaty. The post Global Ocean Treaty: how people power helped protect the oceans appeared first on Greenpeace UK .
  • Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed – Greenpeace statement
    Saturday, March 4, 2023 from Greenpeace UK RSS
    New York, 4 March 2023 - A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations. The post Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed – Greenpeace statement appeared first on...
  • Naked shopping arrives at a major supermarket in Hong Kong
    Thursday, November 21, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Plastic packaging is absolutely everywhere in our supermarkets and we’re fighting hard to change that. Now, for the first time, a large-scale store in Hong Kong is offering customers the chance to shop naked for toiletries. Responding to...
  • China, Korea and Chile challenge Japan over Fukushima contaminated water crisis at United Nations maritime meeting
    Tuesday, October 15, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    9 October 2019, London, The Japanese government was challenged today by several UN member states and Greenpeace at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization in London. States parties to the London Convention – London Protocol...
  • Our children deserve a future without air pollution
    Wednesday, October 2, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Under the ashen sky, Lucas grabbed the candy from his mother's hand and grinned. At the age of six, he is no different from other boys his age. He likes candy, enjoys playing with toy cars, likes to run and jump, and plays tennis. In...
  • Electricity consumption from China’s internet industry to increase by two thirds by 2023: Greenpeace
    Monday, September 9, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    BEIJING, 9 September 2019 - China’s internet data center industry emitted an estimated 99 million tonnes of CO2 in 2018, new research from Greenpeace East Asia and the North China Electric Power University shows. Researchers found that...
  • Five jaw-dropping facts about sharks
    Wednesday, July 31, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    It’s shark week! A full week devoted to one of our favorite sea creatures - and one of the most misunderstood. Here are five facts you might not know about sharks: 1) Sharks have inhabited planet Earth for approximately 400 million...
  • Annual Report 2018
    Tuesday, July 30, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Because of you and millions of people just like you, we believe in Positive Change Through Action. We stand together and meet the challenge with hope. Greenpeace-Annual-Reports-2018-eng We’re delighted to present our 2018 annual report....
  • Why we need a Global Ocean Treaty (and how we’ll get it)
    Friday, July 26, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    This UN treaty could be a game-changer for ocean protection. Here’s how it works, and how together we’ll make sure world leaders get it right. From climate change and plastic pollution, to mining and overfishing, the threats facing our...
  • With poor oversight, China’s industrial parks no match for illegal wastewater dumping
    Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Beijing, 21 May 2019 - With rampant illegal dumping, 18 out of 20 state-investigated Chinese provinces suffer from a severe lack of oversight in the industrial parks that were set up to tighten up wastewater management, which undercuts...
  • The-Inconvenient-Mind-Part-2_-Recommendations-1
    Thursday, May 16, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    If concern alone would trigger climate action, present awareness and concern levels of climate change by the middle class people around the world , would be sufficient to achieve the political and societal changes necessary. However...
  • Cash-strapped cities in China greenlight toxic land for development despite pollution: data
    Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Beijing, 23 April 2019 - Chinese cities transfer polluted land sites on quick turnarounds that imperil proper clean-up and treatment, as many municipal governments depend on transfer fees for revenue, and in all made 104.9 billion RMB...
  • China’s e-waste worth $23.8 billion by 2030
    Friday, March 22, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Beijing, 22 March 2019 - The value of metals discarded as electronic waste in China will total $23.8 billion USD by 2030, a sum that can be reclaimed through recycling and "urban mining" at cheaper costs than retrieving the same amount...
  • Top 5 trends to keep your hopes up on climate
    Thursday, March 7, 2019 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    If you struggle to keep your chin up on climate change, we don’t blame you. To limit global warming within 1.5°C, climate scientists have urged us to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030. But with world leaders showing no strong will to...
  • Beyond the beach clean-up
    Saturday, December 1, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Greenpeace and local NGO Society of Wilderness have been working together to survey the ENTIRE 1,210 km-coastline of Taiwan and estimate how much rubbish is actually on our beaches. It took us just two weeks! Want to know how we did it?...
  • Despite corporate promises dirty palm oil continues…
    Friday, November 30, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Climate change is no longer a debate — we need to see serious action from brands that made commitments to stop destroying forests for palm oil. Oreo promises to provide its customers a world of  “Wonderfilled” when they take a bite...
  • Greenpeace survey reveals impact of climate change on glaciers in China
    Tuesday, November 20, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Beijing, 20 November, 2018 -- The rate of glacier melt at key sites in western China has increased dramatically in recent decades, new research from Greenpeace East Asia shows. Satellite data shows rapid glacier retreat at locations in...
  • Why in a post-IPCC world we need more from our energy wins
    Tuesday, November 6, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Intro: The Taiwanese government’s decision to abandon plans for a new coal-fired power plant should have been a win for civil society. But it only underscored the need to keep fighting for a clean energy revolution, writes Cony Chang,...
  • Annual Report 2017
    Saturday, November 3, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    I'm delighted to be sending you our 2017 annual report. Over the last year, Greenpeace has gathered a powerful voice that crosses generations and knows no borders. It's carrying the message of our environmental mission, while we uphold...
  • Welcome to our Consumer Revolution!
    Monday, September 17, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    We’ve all been shopping stupid for years, snapping up “bargains” in sales, seduced by advertising, loaded down with stuff to fill our homes, thinking it will make us happy. But ultimately it doesn’t. It costs us and it costs the earth....
  • Glacial lake in western China bursts, annual average temperatures in area up 2 to 3 °C since 1961
    Wednesday, August 15, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Beijing, 15 August, 2018 - A glacial lake in Xinjiang, China burst in the early morning of August 10, releasing 35 million m³ of floodwater into the Yarkant River Basin. [1] Xinhua has reported evacuations in the nearby area. [2] The...
  • “Change can come from all of us” - Greenpeace China’s new chief representative speaks about her commitment to environmental protection and the journey ahead
    Monday, July 30, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    The past decade has been one of the most important for our environment. From apocalyptic air pollution, to a new era of climate and environmental ambition, China is on a trajectory of monumental change. No one knows this better than Li...
  • You did it! Samsung chooses renewable energy!
    Thursday, June 14, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Remember the time we gave Samsung stores a makeover... Protest in Berlin for Samsung to Commit to Clean Energy   Or when we did this…   Greenpeace activists in Berlin and Taipei called out Samsung for sponsoring this year’s...
  • Experienced event planner
    Friday, June 8, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS: EVENT PLANNING PREPARATIONS FOR A  BENEFIT CONCERT FOR GREENPEACE CANADA "The concert was a sell-out, the biggest counter-culture event of the year," Rex Weyler recalls in his Greenpeace biography. The...
  • Plastic pollution reaches the Antarctic
    Thursday, June 7, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise was in the Antarctic at the beginning of 2018 It’s not what we wanted to find. When Greenpeace set sail to the Antarctic earlier this year, we were going to look for the incredible wildlife - tottering...
  • Captain Crudeau's Colossal Mistake
    Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    It’s unbelievable and it’s reckless. Yesterday the federal government poured $4.5 billion dollars of public money to buy Kinder Morgan’s failing pipeline and tanker project. $4.5 billion dollars for a project that violates the Prime...
  • Taiwanese seafood giant linked to human rights violations - Greenpeace
    Thursday, May 24, 2018 from Greenpeace East Asia - All Content
    Taipei, 24 May 2018 - New evidence released today links human rights abuses to Taiwan’s international fishing fleet, including major seafood trader Fong Chun Formosa Fishery Company (FCF). This has serious implications for its global...
  • The Canadian government should not be writing blank cheques for a Texas oil-giant
    Wednesday, May 16, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Right now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is thinking about using our tax dollars to bail out a Texas oil company’s failing pipeline and tanker project.   The federal government announced today that it's prepared to "indemnify"...
  • Internship - Social Media Analyst
    Monday, May 14, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Job Vacancy: Internship -  Social Media Analyst Location:   Montreal Reports to:  Senior Forests Campaign Strategist Closing date for applicants: June 8, 2018 Rate of pay: $14.50/hr Duration of internship: 3 months Hours...
  • Greenpeace Canada’s annual photo competition is back again!
    Thursday, May 10, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    We want to see your gorgeous forest photographs. Please submit them to the 2018 Greenpeace Canada photo contest for a chance to be featured in the 2019 Greenpeace Canada small calendar.  Enter here : This calendar is mailed to...
  • Five Ways People Are Standing Up To Oil Pipeline Companies
    Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    All over the world, people are getting more concerned about the threats posed by major new oil pipelines. They’re prone to spills and, as a result, they’re a serious risk to clean water and the wildlife, ecosystems and communities living...
  • Greenpeace occupies Environment and Climate Change Canada with 51 tombstones
    Tuesday, May 1, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    You may have seen the wake-up call this morning outside of Ottawa. Fifty one tombstones, in memory of Canada’s woodland caribou herds lined up as a reminder to Catherine McKenna, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change that...
  • Greenpeace’s new ‘open’ project & your plastic-free future toolkit!
    Thursday, April 19, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Earth Day 2018’s theme is to End Plastic Pollution, and Greenpeace Canada is rising to the challenge with the launch of our brand new project that’s a bit different from the way we usually tackle environmental problems. Because plastic...
  • Landmark climate bill moves to committee stage in Ontario
    Friday, April 13, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    The march for climate justice took another step forward this week as the landmark  Liability for Climate-Related Harms Act  passed second reading in the Ontario legislature and is now on its way to committee for further study....
  • Guest Blog: Action on plastics shouldn’t make life suck for disabled people
    Thursday, April 12, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    All rights reserved . Credit: Kaizen Nguyễn Greenpeace have been campaigning to raise awareness of the harmful impact plastics have on our oceans for several years: from microbeads to single-use plastics such as bottles, bags and straws....
  • Go Back To Texas Kinder Morgan, You Are Not Wanted Here. People power gets the goods again.
    Wednesday, April 11, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    After one historic month because of strength of Indigenous leaders and the power of people we have a Texas based pipeline company on the run . On Saturday, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip joined with other Indigenous leaders, Naomi Klein and...
  • Share your pics of ridiculous packaging!
    Friday, April 6, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Have you ever looked around - at the supermarket, or coffee shop, or local mall - and noticed how much excessive plastic there is? Once you start looking for it, it’s EVERYWHERE. And it’s a huge problem. This week, we invite you to take...
  • We're talking plastic pollution and solutions at the Green Living Show next weekend!
    Thursday, March 29, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Overwhelmed by images of yet another corner of the world drowning in plastic pollution? Feel like you do your best to avoid throwaway plastic and yet, despite your best efforts, you are challenged to find alternatives? Want to do...
  • Standing up for the little guy: Climate liability legislation introduced in Ontario
    Tuesday, March 27, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Any politician who claims to stand up for the little guy should support the climate liability legislation introduced this week in the Ontario legislature. The Liability for Climate-Related Harms Act was introduced as a private members...
  • Faces of Greenpeace: Meet the people behind our resistance
    Tuesday, March 20, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Greenpeace has been at the heart of the environmental movement on the Pacific coast, in Canada and around the world for more than 40 years. Now, just 20-odd kilometres from where we launched our first ship from Vancouver in 1971,...
  • LIVE UPDATES! Indigenous leaders and supporters to take bold action against Kinder Morgan pipeline
    Saturday, March 17, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    Today, Indigenous leaders are leading community members in ceremony and action at Kinder Morgan’s construction site on Burnaby Mountain in Vancouver, on Canada's Pacific Coast. We'll be live blogging what happens here!   A march to...
  • Greenpeace calls out Minister Blanchette’s failure on caribou outside Quebec legislature
    Friday, March 16, 2018 from Greenpeace Canada
    E arly this morning, a group of Greenpeace activists visited Quebec’s legislature to denounce the failure of the Minister of Forests, Fauna and Parks, Luc Blanchette, to protect caribou. We brought a life-size “caribou coffin” and banner...
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