Nickel mining at a UNESCO site, sunshine in Paris, and green reconstruction in Ukraine, here are a few highlights of Greenpeace work around the world over the past week.
🇧🇷 Brazil – Rainbow Warrior captain Hettie Geenen, pictured on the deck the ship with Rosy, on-board Radio Operator, as the vessel arrives in Rio de Janeiro for a series of climate justice activities in Brazilian cities and coastal areas.
🇮🇩 Indonesia – Greenpeace Indonesia holds a theatrical action to protest the National Strategic Project (PSN) of Sugarcane Merauke in front of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs office in Jakarta. Greenpeace condemns the massive deforestation that has occurred in Merauke, caused by this sugarcane project. At least 560,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed in South Papua.
🇮🇩 Indonesia – An aerial photo of the iconic Wayag Island in Raja Ampat islands in Southwest Papua. The Wayag Island is primarily threatened by nickel mining activities in nearby areas and the associated social conflict. Mining activities cause deforestation, increased sedimentation that smothers coral reefs, and the potential for chemical pollution, which can cause irreversible damage to the region’s rich marine biodiversity, a UNESCO Global Geopark area.
🇫🇷 France – On the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, activists from Action non-violente COP21, Action Justice Climat and Greenpeace France poured orange paint on the Place de l’Etoile to draw attention to the persistent invisibility of the populations most affected by the climate crisis.
🇺🇦 Ukraine – Together with the city of Trostjanez and the Green Planet Energy eco-energy cooperative, Greenpeace has completed a model project for sustainable and independent heat supply in Ukraine. An apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Trostjanez, which was severely damaged during the Russian occupation in 2022, has been completely renovated and equipped with a modern heating system using geothermal energy, heat pumps and solar power. The pilot project for sustainable reconstruction shows how European aid can make heat supply in Ukraine more secure, affordable and independent with future-oriented technology
🇵🇭 Philippines – Community-led art installation across Ubay Island, Bohol to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Super Typhoon Odette which hit the Philippines on December 16, 2021.
The collection of artworks, titled Hagit sa Kaugma-on (Challenge of the Future), was created by residents who lived through the storm, with artist Leeroy New and Greenpeace Philippines. Made from local bamboo and items damaged by the typhoon, the pieces placed throughout the island tell stories of loss, survival, and the growing call for climate accountability. Many of those who helped create the artworks are also part of a legal case filed in the UK against oil giant Shell.
🇬🇧 U.K.- Protesters held a vigil outside Shell Centre in London to mark the anniversary of Typhoon Odette, which killed hundreds of people and destroyed more than a million homes in the Philippines.
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