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Greenpeace calls on Fonterra investors to consider big picture with giant puzzle
As Fonterra’s external investors meet at the corporation’s Auckland HQ, Greenpeace supporters have pieced together a giant puzzle revealing the cost of Fonterra’s use of palm kernel as cow feed - rainforest destruction and loss of rare wildlife in Southeast Asia.
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Greenpeace confronts Fonterra AGM attendees with rainforest destruction, dying orangutans
Greenpeace has greeted Fonterra with images of deforestation and dying orangutans as shareholders arrive for their annual general meeting at the Devon Hotel in New Plymouth. The organisation is calling…
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Time to address the cow in the room at COP29
As COP29, the UN climate conference, kicks off in Azerbaijan, Greenpeace says world leaders must hold agri-business to account for its climate pollution.
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Extreme weather has already cost vulnerable island nations $141 billion
That’s about $2,000 per person. Two years ago, when the curtain fell on the COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, developing nations on the frontline of climate change had something meaningful to celebrate.
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Resist and persist
The following message was sent to all Greenpeace staff around the world in response to Donald Trump being named president-elect of the United States. In this trying moment, we also…
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Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current called AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again
New research shows past changes in AMOC have had significant impact on temperatures in New Zealand and across the southern hemisphere. These results imply that future collapse of AMOC may accelerate ongoing warming trends.
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New UN climate report highlights climate extremism of Luxon Government
The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report has warned that if countries do not commit to rapid action to cut rising climate pollution emissions, the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global…
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Greenpeace Live: Why methane matters
In this episode, we talk about the recent action at Fonterra’s milk processing factory in Te Rapa, dive deeper into why methane emissions are such a big problem and such…
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Greenpeace Submission to the Methane Review Panel on the Review of Methane Science and Target
Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement.
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What is methane? All about the invisible gas that cooks the climate
Methane you ask? A large chunk of methane emissions come from agriculture, particularly the dairy industry. But what is methane, and why is it so important?
