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Greenpeace projects its 'Time is running out to stop global warming' message on an ancient city gate in Beijing. Enlarge Image

Countdown to Climate Summit arrives in Beijing

With only nine months left until the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, Greenpeace China has brought the countdown clock to Beijing. Activists turned one of Beijing's ancient city gates into a gigantic countdown clock marking the time left till the UN climate summit in Copenhagen.

Greenpeace blocks ‘easy way out’ for EU finance ministers. Hundreds of Greenpeace activists from across Europe have blocked the exits of the Brussels building where EU finance ministers are discussing funding for developing nations to tackle climate change. Activists displayed banners in several languages asking EU politicians to “Sav€ the Climate” and “Bail out the Planet”. The Greenpeace activists ‘sealed’ the building and called on ministers not to come out without money on the table to tackle climate change, rather than to continue dishing out billions of taxpayers’ money for failed banks and carmakers. Police moved in to make arrests. Enlarge Image

No climate bail-out from European Summit

EU governments may feel that they are world leaders on climate change, but they lag far behind the science and the growing world movement of people demanding serious action. European heads of state agreed to raise money for developing countries to tackle climate change at the EU Spring Summit in Brussels today, but failed to put any money on the table to support their plans.

Greenpeace opens a Climate Rescue Station on the edge of an open coal mine in Poland. Coal the single greatest threat facing our climate. Poland uses coal to produce 93% of its electricity. The Station has been set up in the run up to crucial UN climate negotiations in Poznan, Poland this December. Despite hosting the talks, Poland is attempting to obstruct the negotiations and to undermine the EU’s efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. Enlarge Image

VICTORY! Polish coal mine construction halted

We are delighted that the construction of an open-pit coal mine in Poland, where we set up a Climate Rescue Station in December 2008, has been suspended. This is a significant win in our battle against the mine, which would have lead to around 50 million tonnes of CO2 being released into the atmosphere, the displacement of hundreds of local people, water pollution and land destruction in an ecosystem protected under the Natura 2000 network.

Philips celebrates its 110 years on the Russian market in Moscow's Red Square. Greenpeace activists unrolled a banner with the phrase: “Philips: simply take back & recycle!” in Russian and English. Greenpeace is calling on the company to accept responsibility for its own-branded electronic waste (e-waste). Enlarge Image

VICTORY! Philips accepts recycling responsibility

We are delighted that Philips has announced a change in its recycling policy, taking responsibility for the cost of recycling its own products. Earlier this week Philips confirmed that these costs should no longer be paid directly by its customers through an additional fixed fee but instead come closer to being part of the overall product price.

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