I’ve arrived at the Greenpeace International office in Amsterdam where I’ll be based for the next couple of weeks. It’s a better option than flying to and from Europe prior to Copenhagen.

The first thing you notice in Amsterdam (apart from the wonderfu... Read more >

It seems that with Copenhagen, we get one step forward then drop one back. The question now is, where does this leave us?

Let’s look first at the good to come out of the last week. There was a HUGE shift in the commitment of global leaders to attend ... Read more >

Fonterra Climate Crime

Just before dawn this morning Greenpeace activists shut down a pit in the Southland  'New Vale'  lignite coalmine.

The dirty lignite coal is used by Fonterra to help fuel operations at its nearby Edendale dairy facto... Read more >

Today Greenpeace activists locked down four excavators in the carbon-rich Kampar Peninsula belonging to pulp and paper company APRIL to highlight the need to immediately halt all deforestation in Indonesia.

Carbon emission from deforestation and degr... Read more >

Here at Sign On HQ, focus has well and truly shifted to the campaign’s big finale for 2009 – simultaneous marches in Auckland and Wellington, and a free concert in Myers Park at the end of the Auckland march, featuring Opshop, Midnight Youth, Kirste... Read more >

Imagine that you could write a love letter to the future - what would it say?

Future generations will be living with the consequences of whatever action we take - or do not take - on climate change, would you send them messages of hope and inspiration... Read more >

Oh dear, it gets worse.

"New Zealand is blaming the Kyoto Protocol for its low emissions target," a delegate (from where I couldn’t possibly divulge) just told me at the climate change talks in Barcelona today.

This comment came after New Zealand spo... Read more >