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Greenpeace brands G8 summit a climate failure, and calls for real action at UN

08 June 2007

The G8 have failed to take the necessary action to halt dangerous climate change. The final deal is full of weasel words like 'seriously consider' but fails to agree the essential targets. Not taking action to halve global greenhouse gas emission by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, spells disaster for billions. Greenpeace, however, welcomed the fact that G8 have cleared the path for the next round of binding emission cuts to be set at the United Nations.

Greenpeace Energy [R]evolution shows direction at climate crossroads

30 April 2007

Greenpeace today demanded that the world’s Governments take immediate action to revolutionise global energy production and use, in response to repeated warnings about catastrophic climate change from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

A 131 foot banner simulating a ruler for measuring the sea level, and bearing a message "It's not too late" on Copacabana Beach. Rio de Janeiro is one of the Brazilian cities more vulnerable to the rising of the ocean level. Enlarge Image

New IPCC report shocking: Running out of time for action

06 April 2007

Greenpeace today welcomed the latest climate change report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but warned that time was nearly out to prevent the dramatic, harmful and dangerous impacts projected for coming decades.

Greenpeace activists dressed as coal plant smokestacks block and picket the exit gate of the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Manila to protest the bank's 'financing climate change in Asia'. Greenpeace says ADB's Energy Portfolio Financing for the region focuses on 'dirty energy' specifically coal. Enlarge Image

Asian Development Bank bankrolling climate change

08 November 2005

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is responsible for financing climate change in Asia and its policies are contributing to the displacement of communities and the destruction of ecosystems in the region, Greenpeace said today, as activists dressed as human smokestacks blocked the exit gate of the ADB’s offices in Manila.

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