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On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, which is commemorated on Dec. 12th, Greenpeace Spain activists have scaled the replica of the Eiffel Tower in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) on which they have placed a giant banner that reads "Compliance with the Paris Agreement: as fake as this tower." The environmental organization is thus based on the symbol of Paris under which the historic climate agreement was adopted on December 12, 2015 and on a much smaller copy that is more in line with the deficit measures that the states are taking.

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#Climate

Climate leadership requires fossil fuel phase out and nature protection

21/04/2021

Climate leadership requires fossil fuel phase out and nature protection

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Press Releases

#Energy Revolution

Tencent beats out Alibaba, Baidu in Greenpeace’s China tech industry ranking

21/04/2021

Tencent took the top spot among cloud providers for China’s tech sector, beating out Alibaba, which fell to fourth place. Chindata Group once again scored first in the data center…

Katarina Sevä, reindeer herder, member of the Council of Mounio Sámi reindeer herding district.

The Muonio Sámi Village is located in the northmost part of Sweden, bordering Finland. Their reindeer pastures cover 3 460 square kilometres in Pajala municipality with permits to keep up to 3900 reindeer in winter.

Reindeer herding forms the basis of traditional economy for the Sámi and is an integral part of the Sámi identity. Traditional reindeer herding is dependent on expanses of old-growth forest, which provide shelter and the main source of food supply in the form of ground and hanging lichens.

Sweden’s largest forest company, state-owned Sveaskog, has repeatedly ignored Sámi rights and logged old growth forest in areas vital to reindeer husbandry around Muonio Sámi village. Sveaskog has recently stopped all prior consultation with the native community before conducting logging operations. Muonio Sámi community and Greenpeace demand that Sveaskog immediately halt all logging in the area until consultations are resumed with the Sámi community, in the format that is acceptable for the community.

Greenpeace also demands that the Swedish government amends Sveaskog's ownership directive to ensure that the company stops unsustainable logging practices, protects old-growth forest and fully respects the rights of the Indigenous Sámi peoples.

Stories

#Forests

Swedish 'sustainable' forestry is threatening our home and livelihood

20/04/2021

Reindeer herding is not just a profession. Our families have lived in these lands and worked with forest Sámi reindeer herding for hundreds of years.

A Coke bottle sits along the banks of the Anacostia River. Single-use plastic is contaminating our food, our water, and the air we breathe. Trillions of drinks and snacks are sold in throwaway packaging each year, and more ends up in the environment than is recycled. The majority is dumped or burned.

Stories

#Climate #Consumption #Oceans #Oil

Coca-Cola it’s time to stop your pollution at source

20/04/2021

If Coca-Cola wants to show it cares about people, climate change and plastic pollution, it will immediately end its toxic relationship with the fossil fuel industry and reliance on single-use…

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#Forests

Swedish state-owned forest company accused of abusing Sámi rights

20/04/2021

“Sweden likes to portray itself as an environmental and human rights leader. This hypocrisy is laid bare by this example of its state-owned company consistently trampling the rights of the…

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