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Greenpeace activists in 19 countries demonstrated in 2003 in front of Russian Embassies urging President Putin to sign the Kyoto Protocol. Enlarge Image

Kyoto saved: not the planet

The Russian Parliament voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in a body blow to George W Bush's opposition to action on climate change.

Greenpeace ark in Buenos Aires illustrates danger of inaction on climate change. Enlarge Image

Uncharted waters for the Climate?

Politicians from around the world are gathering in Argentina to discuss climate change. We have unveiled our own 'Climate Ark' in the centre of Buenos Aires to illustrate the urgent need for action.

A young girl living next to the sea, on the South Pacific island of Kiribati, watches the sea water during a 'king tide' wash over a wall built by her family to protect their land from erosion by the encroaching sea. Enlarge Image

King tide pummels Kiribati

Less than a week before the Kyoto Protocol enters into force, the tiny island nation of Kiribati is ravished by a 'king tide' -- an example of the kind of sea-level rise we can expect to see more of as global temperatures increase.

Polar bears in Churchill in Manitoba, Canada have to be tranquillised then airlifted north in order to access their natural habitat as the sea ice is returning later and later after the summer months. Enlarge Image

Polar bears dream of a white Christmas

An Arctic without ice. Polar bears extinct in the wild. Mass starvation of reindeer. And as a result of their snowy world melting, the possibility of a global sea-level rise of devastating proportions. It's the worst disaster film you've ever seen. Made real.

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