Greenpeace activists work with the Deni people of the Amazon. Image: Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá

The United Nations has labelled 2011 the International Year of Forests. The slogan is “Celebrating Forests for People”. It's a nice slogan. But does it ... Read more >

Oops, I forgot to mention that 40% of my funding comes from the oil industry. It just slipped my mind. Sorry! Can we just forget all about it? T'was a honest mistake... I promise it doesn't impact at all what I say about climate change!

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On January 6, it is traditional that Spanish children receive gifts from the three wise men, a day far more anticipated than the arrival of Santa Claus. The most feared gift used to be coal, a sign that the children had behaved badly over the pa...

Extreme weather events will be more frequent in a warming world.

Anyone reading the news about recent extreme weather events may understandably be confused by the varied statements regarding the attribution of these events to climate change. This... Read more >

In all the spin from fossil fuels and nuclear industries, it is easy to start believing that renewable energy can't get us out of the climate change hole. Think again - not only is an Energy [R]evolution happening, it's already underway.

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It is almost 4 am here in Cancun and the conference center at the UN climate talks is a buzz. The draft decisions presented by the presidency of the COP have now been adopted and are being called the "Cancun Agreements."

The talks have not delivered... Read more >

It's early afternoon Friday here in Cancun. We are now well into the last day of the negotiations (I hope I am right about that). The Greenpeace team is ready for a long night. This could easily easily run to 0300 Saturday morning or even later.

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It's the last official day of the UN climate meeting in Cancun, Mexico. I say official because these talks are notorious for going all night and then sometimes spilling into the next day or two. When that happens, it means late nights and little sleep... Read more >

The tangled jungle had grown up and over the pyramid so thoroughly, I didn’t see it until I was standing at its base.  Looking up its steep slopes, I was overcome with a sense of history both human and natural.  How long ago was thi... Read more >