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It’s chilly in here: how the polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet and what we can do about it
Record-breaking frosty temperatures, ice and heavy snowfalls have gripped huge areas of the Northern Hemisphere this winter. For example, cities in East Asia such as Beijing and Seoul shivered in…
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Let’s Talk about Climate Change: Billy Lam shines the light on solar energy for everyone
Everyone knows that renewable energy is one of the key solutions to tackling the climate crisis, but have you ever thought about actually incorporating it into your life? Billy Lam…
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Triumphs and trials: a look back at Greenpeace in Hong Kong, 2020
2020 was a year of triumphs and trials. The Covid crisis prompted us to reflect on and cherish all what we have achieved. It also made us accept a new…
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Partnership for the planet: Greenpeace East Asia & Greenpeace Japan join forces
If the Covid crisis has taught us anything, it’s taught us that we are stronger together. That’s why Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA) and Greenpeace Japan (GPJ) will be joining forces, while keeping their original legal statuses, on 1 January 2021. Our common location and common purpose add up to a synergy that can focus our…
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Investment trends: making the case for SE Asian renewables
Greenpeace has done the math and worked out that there’s a USD205 billion opportunity for renewables in SE Asia over the next 10 years. With recent climate pledges from the three big East Asian nations -- China, Japan and Korea -- to go carbon neutral in the next 40 to 50 years, should be just…
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Why is this global auto company lagging to stop the worst of climate change?
Hyundai Motor Company(HMC), the fifth largest car maker in the world, has been one of Greenpeace Korea’s key campaign targets, and for past few years, we have been advocating for…
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5 reasons why we must take immediate climate action in East Asia
In 2020, the whole world struggled with the enormous challenges and tragedies of the pandemic. New vaccines hold the promise of recovery from the Covid emergency, but the climate emergency…
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China, Japan, and Korea promised carbon neutrality. Now we need them to make it happen
Together China, Japan and Korea emitted one third of all global carbon emissions in 2018. In a huge win for the planet, these three countries have recently committed to 100% carbon neutrality by 2050 (Japan and Korea) and 2060 (China). The new commitments are cause for celebration, but the real work is just beginning. Right…
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Let’s Talk about Climate Change: How does knowing what fish are in the sea help us with the climate crisis?
Stan Shea believes knowledge is power – power to save our oceans. Since 2014, Stan has been leading a very cool underwater project to build a baseline knowledge of Hong…
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How Brazil’s largest slaughterhouses fanned the ‘Day of fire’ in the 2019 Amazon burning season
Many of the ranchers who set fire to the Amazon in the coordinated action of last year’s fires already had a history of environmental crimes and remain unpunished.