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  • Greenpeace Indonesia holds a Chasing The Shadow (CATS) bicycle tour from Jakarta to Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya and finish in Bali to bearing witness the climate crisis impacts in Indonesia. The first leg is from Jakarta to Bandung city. © Veri Sanovri / Greenpeace
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    2022 was another difficult year for many of us. The world tried to get back to normal but the meaning of normal has changed for many.

    Sudhanshu Malhotra
    14 Dec 2022
    3 min read
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    Peatland protection is climate protection

    Greenpeace Russia uses scientific research and decades-long experience to help firefighters and volunteers fight peat fires.

    Greenpeace International
    24 Oct 2022
    6 min read
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    How deforestation is pushing the Amazon to a climate tipping point

    When the Amazon rainforest is in danger, we all are. Learn about the connection between deforestation, fires, and the climate crisis.

    Chris Greenberg
    26 Aug 2022
    11 min read
  • Deforestation for Farming and Agriculture in Chaco Province, Argentina © Martin Katz / Greenpeace
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    2020: The year that was

    Looking back, the world will remember 2020 as the year that disrupted our present-day lives: most of us were locked up for months and doing everything from home, unable to see and be with friends and loved ones,

    Sudhanshu Malhotra
    11 Dec 2020
    3 min read
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    Greenpeace holds global protest telling Australian government: Act on climate, phase-out coal

    Greenpeace organisations hold peaceful protests at Australian embassies and consulates around the world to tell Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to act on climate.

    Greenpeace International
    22 Jan 2020
    3 min read
  • Divers and Corals at Elba Island. © Lorenzo Moscia / Greenpeace
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    Climate Emergency: The best of Greenpeace images 2019

    It’s that time of the year again, where we take a moment to step back and have a look at everything that was accomplished in the past 12 months. 

    Sudhanshu Malhotra
    11 Dec 2019
    4 min read
  • Boreal Wildfire Aftermath in Russia © Stephen Nugent / Greenpeace
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    Climate negotiators, we need to talk about wildfires

    "Human induced climate change is fueling fires, fires speed up climate change - it’s time to break the cycle..."

    Greenpeace International
    5 Dec 2018
    2 min read
  • Action at Power Plant Niederaussem in Germany. © Greenpeace
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    Hothouse Earth

    The Hothouse Earth study warns that with a heating of 3 or 4°C, Earth's "self-reinforcing feedbacks" -- wildfires, methane release, forest dieback, and so forth -- can drive the temperature even higher.

    Rex Weyler
    14 Sep 2018
    9 min read
  • Satellite images show wildfire over Sweden © Planet.com on 2018-07-17
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    What does the burning of the Great Northern Forest mean for us?

    Wildfires are not only local disasters; they influence the entire planet.

    Juha Aromaa
    27 Jul 2018
    2 min read
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    Wildfires are out of control – and they’re affecting the entire planet

    Wildfires are treated as local emergencies, but at this scale they are fuelling climate disaster. Here's what we can do about that.

    Greenpeace International
    9 May 2018
    3 min read
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