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Greenpeace joins global call for COP26 postponement citing UK’s failure to ensure safe and equitable access
Greenpeace and over 1500 civil society groups from 130 countries, members of Climate Action Network, have called for a postponement of COP26 due to failure to ensure a safe, equitable and inclusive access.
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Greenpeace starts legal proceedings against Volkswagen for fuelling the climate crisis
Greenpeace Germany announced today that it is suing Volkswagen, the world’s second largest car manufacturer, for failing to decarbonize the company in line with the 1.5°C goal agreed in Paris.
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Irving and Dorothy Stowe: Mentors to a movement
Two Greenpeace founders, Irving and Dorothy Stowe, grew up during world wars, the dawn of a global peace movement, and a non-violent direct action movement inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.
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50 years of Greenpeace: Q&A with Rex Weyler
I was asked to host a series of virtual "mailbag" calls connecting activists across generations and regions. The outpouring of interest — and questions — from those at Greenpeace today was moving.
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Annual Report 2020
Keeping our people safe while still forging a pathway to a better, fairer, safer and greener planet was challenging for us all, personally and organisationally. We have learned a lot.
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The roots of Greenpeace
This September 2021, Greenpeace will celebrate 50 years of environmental activism, dating from the launch of the first Greenpeace campaign to stop a nuclear bomb test in Alaska.
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The resistance to extractivism in Latin America
This past May, Greenpeace International hosted a live conversation with a panel of dynamic speakers about extractivism in Latin America and the communities that are resisting it.
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Letter to President Biden and President Putin: the US and Russia must embrace a just and green transformation
A green and just transition for Russia and the US, respectively, is good for people, good for nature, good for the climate and what’s needed for a safe, prosperous future.
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How I became an ecologist
How does an engineering student, in the era of expanding space exploration, become an ecologist? In my case: Rachel Carson, the Cuyahoga River, Gregory Bateson, Bateson, Fools Crow, and a magpie.
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A year after the Norilsk disaster, where are Russia’s oil risks and what needs to be done?
One year on from the biggest environmental disaster in Russia's history, Greenpeace is mapping risk of new oil spills and pointing to solutions.