Around the world and here in Aotearoa, millions of people are working towards a more green and peaceful future for our planet and its inhabitants — these are some of their stories.
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Greenpeace activists are protesting against the climate-damaging extraction of fossil natural gas around 20 kilometers northwest of the North Sea island of Borkum, where the Dutch energy company One Dyas plans to install an extraction platform today. The 18 climate activists from Germany and the Netherlands have anchored three floating platforms, while other activists in inflatable boats and kayaks are demonstrating for the protection of the Wadden Sea. Their flags and banners bear the slogans “Gas destroyed!” and “No New Gas”. One Dyas wants to exploit the N-05A natural gas field at this location.
Gegen die klimaschädliche Förderung von fossilem Erdgas protestieren Greenpeace-Aktivist:innen rund 20 Kilometer nordwestlich der Nordseeinsel Borkum, wo der niederländische Energiekonzern One Dyas heute eine Förderplattform installieren will. Die 18 Klimaschützer:innen aus Deutschland und den Niederlanden haben drei Schwimminseln verankert, weitere Aktivist:innen demonstrieren in Schlauchbooten und Kajaks für den Schutz des Wattenmeers. Ihre Fahnen und Banner tragen die Schriftzüge “Gas zerstört!” und “No New Gas”. One Dyas will an dieser Stelle das Erdgasfeld N-05A ausbeuten.
In 1987, Greenpeace established the World Park Base – a year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. The base was created in order to allow Greenpeace to have a seat at the bargaining table for the Antarctic Treaty Nations.
Greenpeace activists ran the base, in one of the world’s most isolated regions, from 1987 to 1991.
The base was finally closed in 1991 when the members of the Antarctic Treaty agreed to adopt a new Environmental Protocol, including a 50-year minimum prohibition on all mineral exploitation.
Read: Creating the world park Antarctica © Greenpeace / Steve Morgan