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We won a Global Ocean Treaty – but what happens next?
Earlier this year, world leaders adopted the first ever Global Ocean Treaty, heeding the calls of 5.5 million people from across the world who joined together to demand action to…
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Japan announces date for Fukushima radioactive water release
Greenpeace Japan criticises the Japanese government's announcement of the start date for radioactive water discharges from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station into the Pacific Ocean.
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Right to a Healthy Environment global coalition wins UN Human Rights Prize
The Global Coalition of Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, and Local Communities for the Universal Recognition of the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment is one of the recipients of the prestigious 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize.
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Success: Barbie and Mattel drop deforestation!
Mattel recognized it couldn’t allow its supply chains to include products coming from deforestation and that toy packaging shouldn’t come at the costs of rainforests and tiger habitat.
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UN Ocean Treaty formally adopted, as the race to ratification begins
The historic UN Ocean Treaty has been formally adopted in New York after the Treaty text was agreed in March 2023.
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Whales always had voices. Roger Payne helped the world hear them
Payne was an inspiration and friend to Greenpeace activists during and far beyond the iconic “Save The Whales” campaign.
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The disproportionate impact of climate crisis on the LGBTQIA2S+ community
Marginalised communities such as LGBTQIA2S+ are most affected by the climate crisis because they are more likely to experience poverty, discrimination and violence, limiting their ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions.
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Climate activists arrested as private jets receive more protection than planet
At least 102 climate activists from seventeen countries representing Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate justice groups are still being detained in Geneva, Switzerland 20 hours after a peaceful protest against Europe's largest annual private jet fair, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE).
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A hundred climate activists block private jets at biggest business aviation sales event in Europe, protesting luxury mega-polluters
The action follows a series of protests against private jets, including at the Amsterdam Schiphol airport and actions as part of the Make Them Pay campaign, in the past months.
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Litmus test for the Council of Europe: Time to recognise and protect the right to healthy environment
Everyone has the human right to live in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Most human rights systems in the world recognise this, but the European human rights convention needs to catch up. Here's how.
