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INC-4: Greenpeace hangs a banner on Mackenzie King Bridge, urging delegates to put people over plastic
Twenty-four hours before the end of the negotiations for a Plastics Treaty at the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), Greenpeace Canada activists hung a banner on the Mackenzie King Bridge, right next to the Shaw Center, where world delegations are gathered. The fourteen meters banner read “People over polluters: Cut plastic production now!” and followed…
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INC-4: Greenpeace reacts to Minister Guilbeault undermining ambition during Plastics Treaty talks in Ottawa
In response to Minister Guilbeault declaring “a cap on plastic production may be too complicated” at the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), Sarah King, Head of Plastics & Oceans at Greenpeace Canada, said:
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Greenpeace Canada reaction to Canada signing UN Ocean Treaty
We are pleased to see Canada make good on its commitment to secure the Ocean Treaty but now we need to see more urgency to write this historic Treaty into law.
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Deep sea miners take Greenpeace to court for peaceful protest at sea
Would-be deep sea miners The Metals Company has launched legal proceedings against Greenpeace International for an ongoing peaceful protest at sea in the Pacific Ocean.
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As deep sea mining talks end, Greenpeace calls for a mining moratorium, not regulations that allow destruction
“Each new announcement of support for a moratorium is a beacon of hope for the deep sea and the global ocean."
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UN Ocean Treaty opens for country signatures: Greenpeace comment
Six months after its agreement, 68 governments have already signed the UN Ocean Treaty in New York.
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Shocking extent of threats to ocean health revealed in new Greenpeace report, calls for urgent protection using historic UN Ocean Treaty
A major new analysis of the threats facing the oceans has been released today in a Greenpeace report.
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The ship that became a ticking time bomb — how Greenpeace prevented one of the biggest oil spill disasters in history
For the past eight years, a ticking time bomb has floated off the west coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.
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Deep sea mining industry fails to get green light but remains a threat
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations end today with deep sea mining companies failing to get an immediate green light to start mining.
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Why Canada’s support for a deep sea mining moratorium matters
On July 10th, Federal Minister Joly, Minister Wilkinson and Minister Murray announced Canada's support for a moratorium on deep sea mining in international waters. While the oceans are not safe from deep sea mining just yet, this was a huge step forward.
