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Three years on: Russia’s fossil-fuelled invasion of Ukraine continues
The Greenpeace Ukraine team writes this blog on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine with a terrible sense of déjà vu. Together, we can help bring an end to this devastating war, and forge a path towards a just peace and green reconstruction in Ukraine.
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Italy’s Supreme Court to decide on legality of climate-related lawsuits
The Supreme Court of Cassation will hold a hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m. to decide if the national courts in Italy can decide on climate-related matters in their jurisdiction.
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Urgency missing as nations miss deadline for 2035 climate action plans
Some of the world’s biggest emitters have missed the deadline for submitting a 2035 climate action plan to the United Nations ahead of this year’s pivotal COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
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An explainer for NDCs: The heart of the Paris Agreement
But what are these climate action plans, known in political terminology as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and why are they so important?
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G7 countries overshoot own climate targets; spend record sums on fossil fuel subsidies
The G7 group of industrialised nations has overshot self-imposed targets to reduce carbon emissions by 2025, instead subsidising climate-damaging fossil fuels by record amounts
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New year, same fight. 5 things that happened at the November 2024 Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Busan, South Korea
The fifth round of negotiations for a new Global Plastics Treaty to end plastic pollution finished in Busan, South Korea on 1st December 2024. Here is a rundown of the highlights from the talks, including why we didn’t come away from the meeting with a treaty.
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Greenpeace condemns Trump intention to withdraw US from Paris Agreement
US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
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Greenpeace Black Sea protest: Proposed gas project could cause tens of thousands premature deaths
Tens of thousands of people worldwide could die prematurely before the end of the century due to extreme temperatures caused by the total greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel company OMV Petrom’s Neptun Deep project
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‘Hell of a year’: Greenpeace comments on hottest year on record, the first to exceed 1.5°C
Reacting to the 2024 Global Climate highlights report by the WMO, Copernicus, Met Office, NASA, and other global climate monitoring organizations showing new climate extremes reached in 2024
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5 Animated Stories That Spark Hope and Inspire Action in 2024
Through the joys and creativity of animation, Greenpeace has been telling the stories of our planet, the climate and environmental crisis, and how we can take action for a better, greener and more sustainable world.
