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Global Plastics Treaty: A Lifeline for Africa
Plastic pollution has far-reaching consequences on Africa’s health, environment and economy. This is why a strong Global Plastics Treaty is a lifeline for Africa.
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In China, Singles’ Day consumerism generates stress, but there’s no escape from e-commerce platforms
E-commerce platforms are big in China, but consumers are sick of it. It's about time these platforms move beyond the bottom line and think about their responsibilities to both the consumer and the environment.
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EU-Mercosur: the European Union’s dirty plastic secret
While world leaders are negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty to end the age of plastic, the European Union is trying to push through a free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) that will do exactly the opposite.
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EU-Mercosur deal will boost trade in plastics, a dangerous set back for Global Plastics Treaty goal
A Greenpeace analysis found that a trade agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and Mercosur will eliminate tariffs for EU exports of throwaway plastic products.
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Shell hits Greenpeace with intimidation lawsuit: threatening $8.6m damages claim and protest ban to silence climate demands
Oil giant Shell has launched an intimidation lawsuit against Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International, demanding Greenpeace stop protests at its infrastructure anywhere in the world, forever.
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Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior returns to Philippines for 10th anniversary of Super Typhoon Haiyan
Over the coming weeks, the Rainbow Warrior will honour the courage and determination of Filipino communities demanding climate justice by calling on the world’s biggest oil and gas companies to pay for the loss and damage caused by extreme weather events like Haiyan.
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Dream cities are within reach
As the climate emergency intensifies, the role of cities will become increasingly important.
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IEA Energy Outlook Report – Greenpeace reaction
The priority of this year’s UN Climate Conference has to be a global agreement to end the use of oil, coal and gas urgently and fairly, starting with an immediate end to all new fossil fuel projects.
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Activists crash fossil fuel executives’ golf game urging “stop playing with lives”
The extraction of fossil fuels and the installation of fossil infrastructure, promotes militarisation and fuels geopolitical conflicts worldwide, as the recent Greenpeace Italy report on the Eastern Mediterranean gas pipeline project outlined.
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To protect water from the ravages of industrial farming, our failing global food system must radically change
The food we harvest and eat should not be at the expense of the water we drink. Protecting nature and water resources from the devastating impact of industrial agriculture is a necessity for our survival.