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Greenpeace comment on UN ocean treaty negotiations
Governments have let a crucial opportunity to address the ocean biodiversity crisis stall, as negotiations on the Global Ocean Treaty at the UN are paused until a later date.
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‘Fractured and breaking’: Checking in on the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with David Holland
On the edge of western Antarctica sits the world’s most unstable glacier, held back from falling into the sea by a slab of floating ice.
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Canada completes the 1st round of negotiations with Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer
Instead of pursuing a trade deal that threatens our global climate and wildlife, our government should focus on protecting the world’s forests, supporting Indigenous and local communities and growing local food resilience.
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Action plan for the critical decade on climate – IPCC to finalise and release the next part of their Sixth Assessment Report
Approval and launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group III report on Mitigation in a virtual session from 21 March – 4…
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Greenpeace calls for unity and action as delegates arrive at biodiversity meeting in Geneva
Delegates gather at a pre-meeting for this year’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15
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Scientists aboard Greenpeace Antarctic expedition find abundance of life in southernmost submarine research dive in history
Since the last record was broken in 2017, an area of sea ice roughly the size of Switzerland has disappeared. This ice used to protect this precious region, now we need governments to.
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“Our oceans are being industrialised” – ahead of major UN ocean conference, Greenpeace report lifts the lid on destructive fishing
As governments meet at the UN to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans, a new Greenpeace International report lifts the lid on a rapidly growing and largely unregulated squid fishing industry.
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Global plastics treaty mandate: pivotal step to end plastic pollution
The United Nations Environment Assembly announced today the outcome of the UNEA 5.2 meeting adopting a mandate to open negotiations for a legally binding global plastics treaty.
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5 things you need know about the new IPCC WG2 report
The world’s leading climate scientists just released their latest massive assessment on the impacts of climate change and how and to what extent those impacts can be adapted to.
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Help make Canada’s single-use plastic ban count!
On December 25th, the federal government published the draft regulations for the much anticipated plastic ban, opening up a 70-day public consultation period.
