Protecting the world’s remaining tropical forests is a key part of the solution to tackling the climate crisis. Tropical forests, the "lungs of the earth" are giant carbon stores. When they are destroyed through logging or burning, this carbon is...

A Greenpeace position paper on green electricity

Report commissioned by Greenpeace and written by Jean-Pascal van Ypersele and Philippe Marbaix, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. July 2004.

The Greenpeace Forests for Climate (Tropical Deforestation Emission Reduction Mechanism TDERM) proposal for a hybrid market-linked fund would provide the financing needed to help protect the world's remaining tropical forests by reducing...

Rapport dat aantoont hoe bosbescherming in Bolivia als schaamlapje dient voor CO2-uitstoot van American Electric Power, BP en Pacificorp.

This report shows the implications for overall fossil fuel use, in the form of a 'carbon budget' over the next century if the global community is to prevent dangerous climate change.

The European Wind Energy Association has set new targets for the EU-15 to have installed 75,000 MW by 2010 and 180,000 MW by 2020. This is a 25% increase from the targets set in 2000 and a near doubling from those set in 1997. Against a...

By the time the generation born today reaches adulthood in 2020 solar energy could easily provide energy to over a billion people globally and provide 2.3 million full-time jobs. By 2020 solar can provide a projected 276 terawatt hours of energy.

ExxonMobil, oil dependency and war in Iraq

Zal België enkele maanden voor de internationale klimaatonderhandelingen in Kopenhagen van december ditjaar blijk geven van politieke incoherentie door de impact van de auto op zijn grondgebied te versterken?In de aanloop naar Kopenhagen moet...

The impact of implementing REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) in the context of a global effort to combat climate change.

Tropical deforestation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, threatens biological diversity, and has devastating impacts upon forest dependent peoples. Human induced climate change is projected to cause significant adverse effects on...

Gezamenlijke tekst van de milieubewegingen bij de start van het Kyotoprotocol.

No matter how many catchy programme titles it lists or glossy reports it hands out, the Bush Administration has no intention of reducing US emissions. And therefore, the world’s largest emitter cannot honestly claim to be addressing climate change.

Welke toekomst heeft de klimaatverandering voor ons in petto?Deze vragen drukken één van onze grootste bezorgdheden uit: wat zal er gebeuren als wij niets ondernemen om de klimaatverandering die nu plaatsvindt een halt toe te roepen? Talrijke...

Het rapport is opgesteld door de UCL (Université catholique de Louvain) - op vraag van Greenpeace - en analyseert op welk punt "het niet alleen de anderen zal overkomen". Want ook België zal hinder ondervinden, met een daling van de...

The excitement over Kyoto’s recent entry into force has been tempered by questions of what the recent US election means for efforts to protect the climate. Yes, George W Bush got re-elected.Nothing can be done about that at this point. What is...