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What can we learn when two Greenpeace bosses get together?
It was back in 1997 when Greenpeace first opened its Hong Kong office. Last year, we celebrated 20 years of tough but rewarding campaigns in Hong Kong and across East Asia with YOU by our side. Anne Dingwall, our very first Executive Director, recently visited us and sat down with our current Executive Director, Sze…
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In China, a wave of support for Antarctic protection
TV star Wang Yuheng is on a mission to protect the Antarctic.
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Making Change in 2018
As we enter the Lunar New Year, we reflect on progress we’ve made in our mission to tackle the threats facing our world -- from the global boom in renewable energy to the creation of sanctuaries for our ancient forests, to the banning of harmful microbeads that pollute our oceans around the world. China too,…
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PM2.5 in Beijing down 54%, but nationwide air quality improvements slow as coal use increases
Beijing, 11 January, 2018 -- Levels of toxic PM2.5 in Beijing, Tianjin and 26 surrounding cities declined 33.1% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2017, new analysis from Greenpeace East Asia shows. However, average PM2.5 concentration fell just 4.5% nationwide in 2017, the lowest rate since the start of China's ‘war on pollution’.
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As Huawei seeks to enter US market, climate commitment sorely lacking – Greenpeace
Beijing, 9 January 2018 - With Huawei expected to announce the US launch of its flagship model, the Mate 10 Pro Phone, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Greenpeace calls attention to the company's poor climate record.
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Oil tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil on fire off China coast – Greenpeace response
Beijing, 8 January 2018 - In response to the collision of the Sanchi oil tanker and the cargo ship CF Crystal in the East China Sea on Sunday, Greenpeace expresses concern about the safety of the 32 missing crew members.
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China’s ban on imports of 24 types of waste is a wake up call to the world – Greenpeace
Beijing, 29 December 2017 - China’s upcoming ban on the import of 24 types of waste will send a wake up call to waste exporting countries and increase pressure to find more sustainable ways to dispose of and recycle waste, as well as tackle the issue at source by reducing the production of plastics and…
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Land fill project in eastern China threatens survival of critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper – Greenpeace report
Beijing, 14 December 2017 – The survival of the IUCN critically-endangered spoon-billed sandpiper is under threat from a planned land fill project at Tiaozini, Jiangsu province, a Greenpeace East Asia report shows. Fewer than 700 spoon-billed sandpipers remain worldwide. [1] Greenpeace calls on Jiangsu’s government to immediately halt the project and to include the area…
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Jiangsu’s Vanishing Wetlands: Report
Based on fieldwork and satellite analysis conducted between March and November 2017, Greenpeace East Asia has identified immediate threats to Jiangsu’s wetlands, including to the habitat of the spoon-billed sandpiper.
