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  • Waste Management and Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia. © Juan Pablo Eijo / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Consumption Plastics

    4 false solutions that won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis

    From recycling to bioplastics, here are 4 examples of approaches that fail to tackle the scale of the global plastic pollution crisis.

    Mehdi Leman •
    23 Apr 2024
    6 min read
  • Activists Block the Entrances to Rabobank Headquarters in Utrecht. © Marten  van Dijl / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Consumption

    The financial sector is undermining the EU’s efforts to tackle nature destruction

    The European Union presents itself as a role model in tackling biodiversity loss. But EU banks and finance institutions are bankrolling nature destruction on a global scale.

    Sigrid Deters •
    26 Mar 2024
    4 min read
  • PT Megakarya Jaya Raya (PT MJR) Oil Palm Concession in Papua Documentation of landcover, forest clearance and plantation development in PT Megakarya Jaya Raya (PT MJR) oil palm concession, part of the Hayel Saeed Anam group which has a number of palm oil related interests including Pacific Inter-Link which controls HSA's palm oil refining and trading interests.
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    Forests Consumption

    EU banks have poured €256 billion into sectors that threaten nature and climate

    A new report shows that some of the largest banks based in the EU provided a staggering 22.1% of total global credit between 2016 and early 2023 to big players in sectors that put nature at risk.

    Greenpeace International •
    26 Mar 2024
    3 min read
  • Two greenpeace volunteers explaining the importance of reusable cups to four regular citizens
    Stories
    Consumption Climate

    A perspective from Greenpeace East Asia Taipei volunteers: Part 1

    Ashley began her journey in zero-waste living, producing only 2 candy-can full of waste in 6-month time. 

    Claudia Lim •
    9 Jan 2024
    3 min read
  • Rally for Re-elected Indonesian President in Jakarta. © Afriadi Hikmal / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate Consumption Peace MoneyForChange

    Earth Overshoot Day: Choosing the path of self-sufficiency

    August 2nd is Earth Overshoot Day, when the planet groans, burdened by the greed of richer, over-consuming countries and people.

    Attila Kulcsar •
    2 Aug 2023
    4 min read
  • System Shift Podcast Series
    Stories
    Climate Consumption Health MoneyForChange

    Earth Overshoot Day: An abundance of ideas to fix the rigged economic system

    Earth Overshoot Day reminds us that humanity’s richest are breaching the limits of our planet’s ability to support life in all its forms.

    Attila Kulcsar •
    31 Jul 2023
    4 min read
  • Global Plastics Treaty: Parliament Projection in London. ©  Ollie Harrop / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Plastics Consumption

    Global Plastics Treaty must reduce plastic production — or it will fail

    Global Plastics Treaty must reduce plastic production — or it will fail

    Greenpeace International •
    2 Jun 2023
    1 min read
  • Art Installation by Benjamin Von Wong in Germany. © Daniel Müller / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics Consumption Climate

    Using Art to tackle the plastic pollution crisis

    I've partnered with Greenpeace to craft a new message, one impossible to misinterpret: A colossal five meters tall machine, endlessly churning out plastics starkly laying bare the toxic union of fossil fuels and plastic production.

    Benjamin Von Wong •
    26 May 2023
    3 min read
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    Climate Consumption

    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.

    Greenpeace International •
    23 May 2023
    5 min read
  • Global Plastics Treaty Projection in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
    Press Releases
    Plastics Consumption Oil

    ​​Governments drag their feet on first Global Plastics Treaty negotiations

    As the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meeting for the Global Plastics Treaty concluded today, Greenpeace called on governments to step up for people and climate and stop delaying meaningful negotiations of the Global Plastics Treaty.

    Greenpeace International •
    2 Dec 2022
    1 min read
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