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Protecting nature means protecting ourselves
Healthy and undisturbed nature, especially intact ecosystems such as forests, provides a shield against dangerous new diseases emerging and spreading to humans.
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Why we need to talk about Debt Cancellation for Global South Countries
We are facing a triple crisis globally: a public health crisis, an economic crisis and an ecological crisis.
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Commons: how the art of co-operation is the only way out of this crisis
Our broken systems are proving incapable to cope with the COVID-19 emergency, let alone the looming threat of social and environmental collapse.
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We don’t need more fishing licences – we need help to fight COVID-19
“...the government is considering granting new fishing licences to foreign vessels that collect everything in their path. It is for this reason that I am afraid.”
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The city of our post-COVID future
Imagine a city where no one is left behind but all have access to essential services like housing, food, safe mobility, water and sanitation.
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Rethinking trade in times of COVID-19
People now buy only what is essential, and the world economy grinds to a halt because of it. So, it is clear that promoting growth through increasing trade is absurd.
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Why World Tuna Day matters to all of us right now
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, sales of canned tuna have seen a spike. But what are we actually stocking up on when we buy canned tuna at the supermarket?
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Violence against Indigenous peoples destroys our common home
Indigenous lands contain vast biological diversity. These communities are fighting not only to preserve their cultures but also to preserve what is left of Earth's wild ecosystems.
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Nuclear power and the collapse of society
On March 1 1954, on Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, the US military detonated the world’s first lithium-deuteride hydrogen bomb, a thousand times more powerful than the Hiroshima and…
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10 things you’ve always wanted to ask an environmental scientist
We talked to Dr. Paul Johnston, who’s worked in Greenpeace’s Science Unit for over 30 years and founded our Research Lab, about how to deal with climate deniers and what the future holds for our planet.