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Justice for Berta Cáceres, justice for people and the planet
Violence against environmental defenders is at an all-time high. It’s time for action.
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Here’s what happened at the 2018 International Whaling Commission Meeting
Over the years we have become used to polarisation between countries in these meetings, and this meeting was no different.
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What a Global Ocean Treaty means—and why it matters to all of us
By shining a spotlight on these talks and hand-delivering origami sea creatures directly to negotiators, with the message “The fate of our oceans is in your hands”, we wanted to make sure that governments know that the world is watching and that we expect results.
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Nestlé promise inadequate to stop deforestation for palm oil
“Nestlé knows it has been buying palm oil from 23 of the dirtiest producers in Indonesia. To announce only now that it will start trying to monitor where its palm oil comes from is simply embarrassing."
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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.
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Greenpeace: 11th hour for the climate, will leadership emerge at GCAS?
“We have arrived at the moment of truth. Climate change is here and it’s big and dangerous. Super Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence are the latest grim examples of the dangers the changing climate might pose. But let’s not forget there is still hope, and the IPCC’s special report on 1.5 degrees must guide our…
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How I woke up to the plastic pollution problem
"The water seemed more like a trash site than ocean."
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10 good reasons to not kill whales (as if you needed them)
We know that whales are important for the oceans, and we know that as long-lived, slow-growing animals they are much more susceptible to overfishing than actual fish.
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What to expect at the 2018 International Whaling Commission meeting in Brazil
Delegates from global governments, and NGO representatives are in Brazil for a very special meeting that happens only once every two years: the meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
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A brief history of commercial whaling and Greenpeace
Commercial whaling devastated the world’s biggest whale species, pushing some of them to the very brink of extinction in the first half of the 20th Century.
