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2020: The year that was
Looking back, the world will remember 2020 as the year that disrupted our present-day lives: most of us were locked up for months and doing everything from home, unable to see and be with friends and loved ones,
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Dear white men
We ask for the obvious: they take care of our home – the trees, forests, and waters. There is our home and also the home of our ancestors.
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No more blank cheques for airlines
In a world reeling from the impact of climate disasters, Covid-19 and social injustice, governments like mine have no business propping up polluting industries with public money.
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Bearing witness to coral bleaching in Taiwan
In our lifetimes, we must think about how much effort we have put in to protect our environment, instead of complaining about how the environment has changed.
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Swiss Climate Seniors call for Justice
One woman tells her story of why a group of climate seniors decided to take the Swiss government to the European Court of Human Rights because their health is threatened by heat waves made worse by the climate crisis.
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The shipping industry is on the loose
The International Maritime Organization, the UN Agency responsible for preventing pollution by ships has turned a blind eye to the climate emergency and to the call from affected communities, allowing the industry to continue risky business as usual.
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Organisations take Brazilian government to the Supreme Court over deforestation and human rights abuses
A coalition of non-governmental organisations brought the Brazilian government to the Federal Supreme Court for its active negligence to protect the Amazon and the people of Brazil.
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Public development banks contradict China, Japan, and S. Korea’s climate commitments with overseas fossil fuel finance
Greenpeace Japan and Greenpeace East Asia call for China, Japan, and South Korea’s state-backed public development banks (PDBs) to commit to applying their governments’ recent net-zero pledges to their investment activities abroad.
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Justice in the face of extreme climate disasters
It is only right that we continue to put public pressure on these big carbon polluters and raise our voices for justice. Let’s make 2020 count, let it be the year when we stand with climate-impacted communities as they reclaim their rights to a safe and stable climate.
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South Korea pledges carbon neutrality by 2050 – a new opportunity for Korean industries
President Moon’s 2050 net zero announcement is a step forward followed. We expect that this important pledge leads the Korean industry to swiftly shift from fossil fuels to a 100% renewable based system.