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Cut emissions and ban destructive fishing to protect marine environment, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to take further measures to protect the ocean from decline, following the release of a new report from the Ministry for the Environment.
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Greenpeace welcomes Minister Mahuta’s decision to sanction billionaire oligarch Alexander Abramov
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s decision to sanction influential Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov, but is also calling for the sanctions to go further.
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He Waka Eke Noa fails to cut dairy emissions
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that even with amendments released today, the Government’s farmgate emissions pricing system known as He Waka Eke Noa will fail to cut climate emissions from agriculture, New Zealand's biggest polluter.
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Report shows tree planting no substitute for cutting dairy emissions
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that a new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) shows New Zealand can’t plant its way out of climate pollution from intensive dairy. Instead, the Government has to act - and cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and reduce the dairy herd, for the sake of the climate and future generations.
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Five green solutions to the cost of living crisis
Companies have hiked up the price of fuel, food and electricity this year, leaving families in Aotearoa and around the world facing increasing financial hardship. New Zealand companies are making…
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Why ocean protection can’t be left in the hands of commercial fishing
Commercial fishing is one of the greatest threats to the health of the ocean. Years of destructive, industrial-scale fishing globally and here in Aotearoa have caused habitat loss, species decline. That's why we're running a campaign to get bottom trawling banned on seamounts and features. But the industry has other ideas.
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A win for people power as more problem plastics banned
Greenpeace Aotearoa is celebrating “a win for people and the environment” after the Government announced that a range of single-use plastics are now banned from sale or manufacture, but the…
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Biggest Plastic Polluter named Sponsor for COP27 – Greenpeace Reaction
The government of Egypt announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Coca-Cola, introducing the company as a sponsor for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) to be held…
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Greenpeace renews call on Ardern to freeze Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov’s assets
In response to the latest moves by Russia to annex areas of Ukraine, the New Zealand Government has signalled that it will impose more sanctions on Russians who support the…
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Decolonisation: A crucial prerequisite to environmental justice in Africa
All across the African continent a colonial approach of extraction and exploitation continues to plague and paralyse economies. It pushes ecosystems to the edge and puts pan-Africanism on a back…