Greenpeace urges the G8 to 'heal the world'

Nuclear Power: An Expensive Waste of Time

03 July 2009

The nuclear industry is using the issue of climate change and energy security as a means to win political and financial support for its dirty and dying industry. Even a massive, four-fold expansion of nuclear power by 2050 would provide only marginal reductions (4%) in greenhouse gas emissions, when we need global emissions to peak at 2015, cuts of 40% by 2020 and to drop by at least 80% by 2050.

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Why the G8 needs to finance Developing Country climate action

03 July 2009

A deal in Copenhagen will not be possible unless developed countries follow through on their commitments to support emission reductions and climate change adaptation in developing countries.

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Powering G8 Job Creation

03 July 2009

Creating jobs while protecting the climate

G8 leaders at L’Aquila have the opportunity to stimulate economic recovery while lowering carbon emissions through investing in green jobs. Greenpeace’s newest research shows this shift will create 1 million more jobs in renewable energy by 2020 – 460,000 more than would be created by continuing with conventional power, and will cut power-related CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030.

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The G8 Climate Action Checklist

02 July 2009

The 2009 G8 in L'Aquila, Italy, must at a minimum commit to every demand on this list regarding emissions cuts and on finance for developing countries to adapt to and take action on climate change and to fund forest protection, if the summit is to be considered a success.

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