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#PlasticsTreaty: Why a global plastics treaty is essential to Africa
Decision-makers don’t have to look very far from where they are right now to understand why an ambitious global plastics treaty that covers the entire life cycle of plastics, is…
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Fertiliser companies to blame for cancer deaths from nitrate-contaminated water
Greenpeace is redoubling its call on the Ardern government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser following the publication of a scientific study showing nitrate contamination of drinking water could cause up to 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths from the disease in New Zealand every year.
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Offsets taskforce hit by protest at COP26
An event to promote carbon offsetting at COP26 was today hit by multiple protests. The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, backed by fossil fuel companies like Shell and BP, held a promotional event in the conference centre in Glasgow, attended by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney. The taskforce is seeking to radically…
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NZ’s government plans to switch to a circular economy to cut waste and emissions, but it’s going around in the wrong circles
The New Zealand government is currently developing plans to address two crises — climate change and waste — and to embrace a circular economy. But it has no clear path for how to do this. The resulting muddle is watering down the potential of a circular economy to bring lasting change.
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Youth activists sailing to COP26 onboard the Rainbow Warrior ignore warnings from port authorities
Youth strikers from impacted communities onboard the iconic ship demand world leaders ‘stop failing’.
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Young Pasifika community leaders join call to ban seabed mining to protect moana
They are young, Pasifika and their message is clear: Ban seabed mining and protect the moana of the Pacific.
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Government’s Waste Strategy must focus on eliminating waste at the source
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Govt to “cut the crap”, and focus its Waste Strategy on eliminating the source of the plastic waste problem.
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Amazon Expedition: Where is deforestation advancing?
During our field trip to the Amazon, our visit to the city of Porto Velho was quick but intense. We talked to several people who are being impacted by the…
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Greenpeace to face off against fertiliser industry at Environment Select Committee
Greenpeace will appear alongside experts at the Environment Select Committee tomorrow, 9am Thursday 14 October, to give oral evidence supporting their petition calling for the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen…
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Facing off against false solutions to the plastic pollution crisis
Years ago, I wondered why the plastic pollution problem seemed to grow exponentially at the same time as recycling became more and more mainstream, more widely accepted and adopted. In…