2015 Press Releases

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MSF and Greenpeace launch life saving operations in the Aegean Sea

Press release | 3 December, 2015 at 15:26

Brussels/Athens, 3 December 2015 – A joint operation to rescue people risking their lives on the dangerous sea crossing between Turkey and Greece has been launched by international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without...

Greenpeace condemns departure of Japanese whaling fleet

Press release | 1 December, 2015 at 7:32

Tokyo, 1 December 2015 - Greenpeace calls on the government of Japan to cancel the whaling fleet heading to the Southern Ocean under the guise of “research whaling”, and condemned the expedition as both unnecessary and in violation of the...

Greenpeace: Climate talks open with "great sense of potential"

Press release | 30 November, 2015 at 19:49

Paris, November 30 2015 - Commenting on today’s developments at the UN climate summit in Paris, Martin Kaiser of Greenpeace said:

Greenpeace expects big action from the big economies at the Climate Summit

Press release | 30 November, 2015 at 12:41

Paris, 30 November 2015 - As world leaders set out their response to climate change today in Paris, Greenpeace is calling on the leaders of the G7 and the BRICS countries to do more to transform their energy systems, and to switch to 100 percent...

Parisians still march for the climate

Press release | 27 November, 2015 at 16:35

Paris, 27 November 2015 - Nearly fifteen thousand French people who would have taken to the streets of Paris this weekend have instead registered online to find ‘buddies’ who will march for them on Sunday’s global climate protests.

March4me.org allows those who can’t march for the climate to still take part

Press release | 25 November, 2015 at 22:46

Paris, 25 November 2015 - Following the recent attacks in Paris and subsequent security concerns in the French capital which nullified plans for a massive climate march in the city, NGOs have teamed up to provide an opportunity for those who...

Hong Kong takes action to address illegal totoaba trade, help critically endangered...

Press release | 23 November, 2015 at 12:00

Hong Kong, 23 November 2015 - The Hong Kong government took unprecedented action to address the illegal totoaba trade on Friday by issuing summonses against the operators of two dried seafood shops that sell bladders from the endangered fish.

Palm oil giants fuelling forest fires in Borneo

Press release | 19 November, 2015 at 2:18

Jakarta, 19 November 2015 – Forest and peatland destruction by ‘sustainable’ palm oil companies is fuelling forest fires in Borneo, a new investigation by Greenpeace International has revealed.

Climate march and mobilisation cancelled in Paris - Greenpeace response

Press release | 19 November, 2015 at 0:23

Paris, 18 November 2015 - In reaction to the announcement of the non-authorisation of the climate march ahead of the Paris Climate Summit and mobilisations scheduled at the end of COP 21 Jean François Julliard, Executive Director of Greenpeace...

Renewable Energy to help overcome Mediterranean economic challenges

Press release | 10 November, 2015 at 11:58

Amsterdam, 10 November 2015 - Renewable energy boosts efficiency, creates jobs and makes good economic sense for countries around the Mediterranean, according to new reports. The governments of Croatia, Greece, Italy and Spain could accelerate...

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