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Why the UNEP 1.5°C overshoot report must be an urgent call to action on climate change
The UNEP’s new report ‘Limiting Overshoot’ outlines a pathway called “overshoot, peak and decline” to minimise and adapt to the impacts of an exceedance and an eventual return to 1.5°C.
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The human, environmental and economic cost of the war on Iran
Six months into the US-Israeli war on Iran, people are paying the price in lives, environmental damage and higher bills. The crisis shows how dependence on fossil fuels leaves people exposed to volatile prices and future shocks.
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What the ‘natural’ disasters of 2026 reveal about climate change
Record-shattering global temperatures across land and sea are the grim reality of climate crisis, and the reason we need an immediate transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
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The energy and environmental impact of AI and how it undermines democracy
How does AI affect the environment? From data centre pollution in New Jersey to economic threats in Ireland, we look at how the tech boom impacts global ecosystems.
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J-Village still contaminated – major uncertainties over decontamination and Olympic torch route
Radioactive contamination still remains in the parking lot and the nearby forests at J-Village sports complex in Fukushima prefecture, according to Greenpeace Japan’s most recent survey.
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COP25: The politics are polluted
“...the UNFCCC cannot be the only place where politicians are held to account in confronting the climate emergency."
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Bolsonaro’s Christmas gift to perpetrators of illegal deforestation
Brazil president Bolsonaro gives criminals a gift of illegally occupied public land in the Amazon, in new decree signed this week.
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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.
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Commission on Human Rights declares fossil fuel companies can be held responsible for climate-related human rights harms
Fossil fuel companies can be found legally and morally liable for harms linked to climate change says the human rights body.
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The hidden threat from the fires ravaging our planet
From Russia to Brazil, the world saw our planet going on fire. But a silent threat looms behind the smoke and the haze: the unaccounted CO2 emitted by the fires.
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Greenpeace reactive on Philippine Commission on Human Rights’ announcement
Today marks the beginning of the end to the fossil fuel industry’s stranglehold over our political systems.
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5 reasons modern slavery at sea is still possible in 2019
It is a sad truth that even now, on the cusp of 2020, slavery is very much alive in the modern context. This is particularly true in the fishing industry.
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New testimonials suggest “modern slavery” for Southeast Asian migrant fishers working out at sea
13 foreign distant water fishing vessels have been accused of abusing migrant fishers from Southeast Asia, in cases so severe it has been characterised by many as “modern slavery”.
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One week in, two steps back. We need to find a way forward
Politicians at COP under global scrutiny as they make the choice between commodifying nature via a carbon trafficking scheme, or moving ahead together with commitments on absolute emission reductions.