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Multilateralism is alive: How global cooperation can help save us from plastic pollution and the climate crisis
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (980+ words) Climate change and plastic pollution may look like separate issues. But they are, in fact, two sides of the same crisis: the industry's addiction to fossil fuels." Fossil fuel emissions account for 89% of the CO2 that drives global warming and 99% of…...
Climate change in MENA: 4 questions people ask across the Middle East and North Africa region
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (890+ words) This story was originally posted by Greenpeace MENA for World Environment Day. I write this as a Lebanese woman who has spent years working with communities across the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), where an environmental crisis is…...
A Dose of Good News! - Greenpeace Canada
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (882+ words) These cookies help improving the performance of Greenpeace. org. They are set to collect data such as how long users stay on a page or which links are clicked. This helps us make better content based on your experience navigating…...
Biodiversity loss: a beginner's guide
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (372+ words) These cookies help improving the performance of Greenpeace. org. They are set to collect data such as how long users stay on a page or which links are clicked. This helps us make better content based on your experience navigating…...
Six radical ideas we need right now to end fossil fuel dependence and protect people from the war on Iran price shock
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (514+ words) If governments are genuinely worried about fuel shortages and high prices, they should start with the most pointless and polluting uses of oil. Private jets and superyachts are the purest form of luxury emissions: they burn staggering amounts of fuel…...
World's richest 0. 01% estimated to have nearly US$1 trillion in annual climate debt " Greenpeace report
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (323+ words) Nairobi, Kenya / Bonn, Germany " A very small group of ultra-wealthy individuals is associated with disproportionate climate harm, driven alarmingly by their ownership of and investments in high-emitting activities alongside their carbon-intensive lifestyles, a Greenpeace Africa report revealed today." Key findings…...
COP31 electrification push a welcome first step, but insufficient without ending fossil fuels
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (629+ words) Bonn, Germany " The COP31 Presidency's electrification initiative is a positive step forward but must be coupled with a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels as part of a just transition to renewable energy to keep the 1. 5 C limit within reach, Greenpeace said....
LNG terminal will make electricity more expensive, polluting and unreliable
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (485+ words) Greenpeace is condemning the Government's decision to try to force New Zealanders to pay for an LNG fossil gas import terminal, in spite of the evidence from the OECD and others that it will lock our energy system into expensive,…...
How Ukraine's decentralised renewables can help end the global fossil fuel crisis cycle
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (645+ words) From wartime Ukraine to the Iran energy shock, decentralised renewables are emerging as a real security solution. Community solar and local grids can protect households from price spikes and war'fuelled crises, showing governments exactly how to protect their citizens. If…...
Bonn climate talks a chance to sustain just transition, forest protection momentum
5+ day, 25+ min ago (655+ words) Bonn, Germany " The UN climate negotiations in Bonn will be a critical moment to sustain emerging political momentum towards a just transition away from fossil fuels and efforts to end forest destruction by 2030 amid new warnings of a looming 1. 5 C…...