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The Japanese government and the Fukushima nuclear disaster – History repeating itself?
The new government of Kishida may yet find out, as the government of Boris Yeltsin did nearly three decades ago, that you may have plans for dumping radioactive waste into the sea, but it does not mean you will be able to.
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COP26: More than expected, less than hoped
The gavel has come down at COP26, officially ending this year’s UN Conference on Climate Change. The 1.5 C goal stays alive, but much more has to be done.
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COP26 ends in Glasgow
“It’s meek, it’s weak and the 1.5C goal is only just alive, but a signal has been sent that the era of coal is ending. And that matters."
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Latest text published at COP26 – Greenpeace response
"The key line about fossil fuels is still in the text. It’s weak and compromised, but it’s a breakthrough, it’s a bridgehead and we have to fight like hell to keep it in there and have it strengthened."
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Global survey shows hardly any support for net-zero pledges with carbon offsets
Thousands of people from 60 countries answered our survey. The world wants and needs real zero emissions, not false solutions.
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Article 6 negotiations risk blowing hole in Paris Agreement
“The new Article 6 text gives polluters the right to scam by allowing indefinite double counting of an emission reduction that has only happened once - or may not have happened at all."
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New COP26 final decision text – Greenpeace response
“It could be better, it should be better, and we have one day left to make it a lot, lot better." - Jennifer Morgan
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Carbon offsets are a scam
Carbon offsetting is truly a scammer's dream scheme. We need real climate not action, not greenwashing.
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China USA Statement at COP26 – Greenpeace Response
Commenting on news of a bilateral US-China climate agreement in Glasgow
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Major global economies and car manufacturers fail to sign even the weakest of agreements on electric vehicles at COP26
Not only were major economies like the US, Germany, China, Japan and manufacturers including VW, Toyota and Hyundai absent from the signatories of the “declaration on zero emission cars and vans”, the scale of ambition in the deal itself was disappointingly weak.
