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Greenpeace Report Finds Carbon Border Tax From Major Export Countries Likely To Incur a Levy of US$530 million Per Year
January 13, 2021 (Seoul) – A new report released by EY Korea and commissioned by Greenpeace Seoul suggests that if Korea’s response to the climate crisis is delayed, the competitiveness…
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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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Biodegradables will not solve China’s plastics crisis: Greenpeace
BEIJING, 17 December 2020 - Increased production of biodegradable plastics will not solve China’s plastics pollution crisis, a new report from Greenpeace East Asia shows. If the rush to produce biodegradable plastics continues, China’s e-commerce industry is on track to generate an estimated 5 million tonnes of biodegradable plastic waste per year by 2025 [1],…
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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.
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Greenpeace report troubleshoots China’s electric vehicles boom, highlights critical supply risks for lithium-ion batteries
Beijing, 30 October 2020 — Lithium-ion batteries decommissioned from electric vehicles (EVs)and repurposed for energy storage can meet the entire world’s energy storage needs as earlyas 2030 — when repurposed…
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Behind the scene: Paragliding action to “Save Our Lantau”
Two volunteer paragliders, bearing the message of ‘Save Our Lantau’, were flying above the beautiful nature of Lantau on 30th September. This is an action to showcase the strong will…
