{"id":24385,"date":"2019-09-30T08:10:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T06:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=24385"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:49:38","slug":"live-september-a-month-of-action-for-the-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/24385\/live-september-a-month-of-action-for-the-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: September &#8211; a month of action for the climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/349aff26-gp0sttwzl.jpg\" alt=\"The Climate Strike march in Sydney. \u00a9 Marcus Coblyn \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/349aff26-gp0sttwzl.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/349aff26-gp0sttwzl-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/349aff26-gp0sttwzl-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/349aff26-gp0sttwzl-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/349aff26-gp0sttwzl-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/23932\/greenpeace-reactive-on-amazon-forest-fires\/\"> Amazon is burning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.uk\/news\/what-climate-change-means-for-the-antarctic\/\">ice caps and glaciers are melting<\/a>, our access to <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/11062018\/climate-change-research-food-security-agriculture-impacts-corn-vegetables-crop-prices\">food and water<\/a> is under threat. The inescapable truth is that we\u2019re in a climate emergency &#8211; but there is also hope and there\u2019s something every one of us can do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/climate-emergency\/\"><strong>It&#8217;s time to get involved<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Throughout this month, we will be updating this <strong>live blog<\/strong> to keep you up to date on what\u2019s happening around the world and what you can do to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the second wave of the two student-led climate strikes this month (September 20 and 27), people again hit the streets to demand action on climate change. Across the two days, an estimated 7.6 million people went out in a show of unprecedented action for the climate!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.international\/videos\/2108012532827649\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.international\/videos\/2108012532827649\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Santiago, Chile, as part of the global <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-strike.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Strike<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on September 27, an estimated 100,000 people gathered ahead of the UN climate talks (COP25) in December. With this show of force for a better planet, national leaders have been put on notice: act now!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">GOBIERNOS DE CHILE Y EL MUNDO: Estamos todos marchando por que NO HAY PLANETA B \ud83c\udf0e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AccionClimaticaYa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AccionClimaticaYa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GlobalClimateStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GlobalClimateStrike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SantiagoChile?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SantiagoChile<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8mF6iamlqc\">pic.twitter.com\/8mF6iamlqc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Greenpeace\/status\/1177705368429957120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>25 September<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>New IPCC report shows critical need for accelerated climate action and oceans protection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere, highlights the need for governments to urgently scale up and accelerate efforts to address the climate emergency and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/24511\/new-ipcc-report-shows-critical-need-for-accelerated-climate-action-and-oceans-protection\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">protect the world\u2019s oceans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The science is both chilling and compelling, revealing that the impacts of human-made carbon emissions on our oceans are on a much larger scale and happening way faster than predicted. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: UN report confirms our oceans are in crisis. We urgently need to:<br \/>\u26d4 stop burning fossil fuels <br \/>\ud83d\udc33 protect our oceans, so they can recover and thrive<\/p>\n<p>Join the movement and demand action: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u0ogIWOQ94\">https:\/\/t.co\/u0ogIWOQ94<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProtectTheOceans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProtectTheOceans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateEmergency<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SROCC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SROCC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPCC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IPCC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfCsWcT3cb\">pic.twitter.com\/VfCsWcT3cb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace UK (@GreenpeaceUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceUK\/status\/1176791955730288645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RELEASE: New IPCC report shows critical need for accelerated climate action and oceans protection <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateEmergency<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProtectTheOceans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProtectTheOceans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Lu4zuElnd\">https:\/\/t.co\/2Lu4zuElnd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace PressDesk (@greenpeacepress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greenpeacepress\/status\/1176790315505782784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Lebanon graffiti artists join Climate Strikes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace in Lebanon collaborated with a Lebanese graffiti group, Ashekman, to create a mural that helps give a higher visibility of the climate movement in Lebanon. The small but BRAVE group of strikers joined us in revealing the mural, and took part of the video summary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenpeaceAR\/videos\/422081808417178\/?v=422081808417178\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please share their video <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>23 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Greta Thunberg\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg\/status\/1176209604268691461\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raw and unvarnished opening plea<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to leaders at the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Climate Action Summit in New York, Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan said: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/24453\/in-response-to-the-un-secretary-generals-climate-action-summit-in-new-york-greenpeace-internationals-executive-director-jennifer-morgan-said\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no longer anywhere for leaders to hide, we the people are watching you\u201d.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the same day, Greenpeace USA activists in New York protested with a moving billboard against the arrival of Brazilian President Bolsonaro, who will speak at the UN to try and convince the world he cares about forests while the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Amazon?src=hashtag_click\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Amazon <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">still burns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Activists \u2014 and a moving billboard! \u2014 protest the arrival of Brazilian president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jairbolsonaro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jairbolsonaro<\/a> to NYC. He will speak at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN<\/a> to convince us he cares about forests while the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Amazon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Amazon<\/a> still burns. Add your voice:  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hEUuh7X333\">https:\/\/t.co\/hEUuh7X333<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ActfortheAmazon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ActfortheAmazon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CancelBolsonaro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CancelBolsonaro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vYoMnFv1e\">pic.twitter.com\/6vYoMnFv1e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace USA (@greenpeaceusa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greenpeaceusa\/status\/1176271881470496771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as the Arctic sea ice melts to its second lowest extent on record, hope is on the horizon. This November we are taking Arctic oil to court. Add your name and be part of the evidence we will present in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The melting Arctic is being fuelled by the greed of a handful of oil companies, but hope is on the horizon. This November we are taking Arctic oil to court. Add your name and be part of the evidence we will present in court &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JDLHuseNud\">https:\/\/t.co\/JDLHuseNud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeopleVsOil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeopleVsOil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pHxQ7Uzrjk\">pic.twitter.com\/pHxQ7Uzrjk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace International (@Greenpeace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Greenpeace\/status\/1176233531313459206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace UK climbers unfurl two giant banners from Burger King\u2019s iconic restaurant in London\u2019s Leicester Square to denounce the fast-food giant\u2019s links to Amazon fires and deforestation. Two 10 by 6 metre banners reading \u201cFast Food Fries Forests\u201d and \u201cBurger King Flame Grilling the Amazon\u201d covered the whole facade of the building. The Greenpeace protest takes place on the fifth anniversary of the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/74n5c4m7.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fforestdeclaration.org%2F\/1\/0102016d5d5d7582-bd707ef1-6c8a-40aa-b3b9-e79e04a64b17-000000\/_e0Eio_xcsqK0rfGSu-S7FweU1A=128\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York declaration on forests <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 an agreement to end deforestation signed by dozens of governments and corporations in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re down at Leicester Square because <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurgerKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BurgerKing<\/a> is buying meat and animal feed from companies responsible for Amazon fires and deforestation \ud83c\udf54 \ud83d\udd25 read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uch1rGXQ5W\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uch1rGXQ5W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xsGPnfuNIQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xsGPnfuNIQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace UK Press Office (@GPUKnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GPUKnews\/status\/1176075662790144000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>20 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace Philippines activists blockaded the entrance to the refinery of fossil fuel giant Shell in Batangas, south of Manila to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/story\/3418\/when-courage-means-being-vulnerable-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sound the alarm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the climate emergency. The action challenges fossil fuel companies to show accountability for their role in the climate crisis, heed the call of climate-impacted communities for justice, and start a rapid and just transition to phase out fossil fuels. The blockade consisted of eight activists, who climbed on top of one of the facility\u2019s silos and unfurled a banner with the words \u2018Shell, stop burning our future\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re challenging fossil fuel companies to show accountability for their role in the climate crisis, and heed the call of climate-impacted communities for justice!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateStrike<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateEmergency<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateJustice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateJustice<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8IFwHypO6j\">https:\/\/t.co\/8IFwHypO6j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greenpeace Philippines (@gpph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gpph\/status\/1175639430633160704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>20 September\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest mass mobilisation for the climate that the world has ever seen. Millions of people around the world are striking from school or work to demand urgent measures to stop the climate crisis. Some things are worth breaking the rules for. The tragedy in the Bahamas, the receding Arctic sea ice, or the forest fires raging across the world demand our response. The urgency to act has never been more dire. Everyone one of us must get out and do whatever we can; join the strikes and stand in solidarity with each other.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/v0VrtY4KWOw\/hqdefault.jpg');\" videoid=\"v0VrtY4KWOw\" params=\"rel=0\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p><strong>19 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the Amazon fires continue to burn, consumer companies will next week gather in New York City to \u201ccelebrate\u201d their broken promises to end deforestation. Leading global brands such as Unilever, Mondelez and Nestl\u00e9 committed in 2010 and again in 2014 to eliminate deforestation by 2020 \u2013 by virtue of membership to the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), as signatories to the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), or via their own procurement policies. Details of how companies continue to fuel climate change through deforestation, and related New York Climate Week events, can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/news\/companies-gather-in-new-york-to-celebrate-broken-promises-to-forests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greenpeace USA&#8217;s media briefing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18 September\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 200 representatives of Indigenous Peoples, workers, academics, environmental and human rights groups adopted a landmark declaration calling on governments and corporations to urgently tackle the climate emergency in order to ensure the survival of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Gathered for the Peoples\u2019 Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival in New York, their goal is to unleash new power, energy, and resources to supercharge a connected, diverse, and action-oriented mass movement to overcome the climate crisis, by putting people and basic human rights at the core of its solutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Climate Crisis = Human Rights Crisis We demand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateRights4All?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateRights4All<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/744kJL8ELG\">pic.twitter.com\/744kJL8ELG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greenpeace (@Greenpeace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Greenpeace\/status\/1174277017656860673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>16 -20 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Climate impacted communities stage solo protests at Shell\u2019s headquarters in the Philippines demanding climate justice. On day one, Joanna Sustento, a super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor, called on Shell, one of the 47 biggest investor-owned climate polluting corporations, to \u201cface the people.\u201d She leaves <a href=\"http:\/\/act.gp\/facethepeople\">a letter for Shell<\/a>, and a photo of her three year old nephew, Tarin, who has been missing since Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the country in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10-14 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahead of the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Greenpeace Germany <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.de\/sites\/www.greenpeace.de\/files\/publications\/gp_cleanairnow_carindustryreport_full_v5_0919_72ppi_0.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released a report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revealing the carbon footprint of the global car industry, equalling to 9% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 and exceeding the greenhouse gas emissions of the EU as a whole! <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two days later, during Chancellor Merkel\u2018s walk through the auto show, Greenpeace activists protested against greenwashing car companies by standing on cars with banners reading &#8220;Climate killer\u201c. Three out of four newly presented cars at the show still use combustion engines!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peoplevsoil\/videos\/745824309206070\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peoplevsoil\/videos\/745824309206070\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then Greenpeace and other NGOs supported a mass bike ride and protest march outside the International Motor Show where 25,0000 people gathered to call for priority for pedestrians, cyclists, and better public transport and the immediate phase-out of the internal combustion engine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13-15 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Mexico and Brazil, cyclists took to the streets to call for car-free cities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>22 Greenpeace USA climbers formed a blockade hanging from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas, shutting down the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby Houston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.international\/videos\/527619774657048\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.international\/videos\/527619774657048\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11 September\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s opening of the Swedish parliament, activists hang a 100 meter long banner outside the Swedish parliament building with one important message: The time for failures and excuses is long gone. The banner replicates exactly what the county\u2019s current prime minister, Stefan L\u00f6fven, said five years ago but has failed to follow up with action.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in the Netherlands, activists unfurled another giant banner at Schiphol airport demanding climate action: \u201cCrash landing for the climate\u201d. They handed out flyers to stop the expansion of aviation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24408\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24408\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/feec0267-gp0sttuvp.jpg\" alt=\"Climate Emergency Action at Swedish Parliament in Stockholm. \u00a9 Jana Eriksson \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/feec0267-gp0sttuvp.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/feec0267-gp0sttuvp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/feec0267-gp0sttuvp-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/feec0267-gp0sttuvp-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/feec0267-gp0sttuvp-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banner outside Swedish Parliament.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>10 -11 September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Poland, activists twice prevented the unloading of an imported coal shipment at the port of Gdansk. Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior stopped the arrival of the shipment, as activists painted the slogan \u2018Poland Beyond Coal 2030\u2019 on the side of the ship\u2019s hull, as well as displaying banners saying \u2018No Future in Coal\u2019. In a second protest, activists climbed the cranes at the Gdansk terminal to halt the unloading of the same coal shipment at the port.<\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace is calling on the EU to achieve total decarbonisation by 2040 and to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65% by 2030. Phasing out coal by 2030 is a key milestone in this transition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24396\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24396\" class=\"wp-image-24396 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/6c1650b9-gp0sttuju.jpg\" alt=\"Activists Stop Coal Import to Poland. \u00a9 Rafal Wojczal \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/6c1650b9-gp0sttuju.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/6c1650b9-gp0sttuju-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/6c1650b9-gp0sttuju-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/6c1650b9-gp0sttuju-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/09\/6c1650b9-gp0sttuju-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Activists stop the import of coal to the Polish port of Gdansk.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 September\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As fires continue to ravage the Amazon, Greenpeace International\u00a0 launched <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/47854\/petition\/1\">a campaign asking fast food<\/a><\/strong> giants Burger King, McDonald\u2019s and KFC to take a stand against Brazil President Bolsonaro\u2019s Amazon destruction and reject products linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon and across Brazil.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THIS JUST HAPPENED: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurgerKingUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BurgerKingUK<\/a>&#8216;s CEO has won the award for flame-grilling the Amazon rainforest!<\/p>\n<p>Burger King need to stop sourcing meat and animal feed from Brazil until the Amazon and its people are protected. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/restaurantconference?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#restaurantconference<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmazonFires?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmazonFires<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsrWGaUgDb\">pic.twitter.com\/RsrWGaUgDb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greenpeace UK (@GreenpeaceUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceUK\/status\/1174295719206936577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">18 September 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>31 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greenpeace New Zealand hosted peaceful civil disobedience training with grassroots movements and students. Already, protesters have been coming together in mass mobilisations against Austrian oil giant OMV,\u00a0 who want to profit from climate destruction by exploratoring oil and gas drilling off New Zealand\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Aaron Gray-Block is the global climate political communications lead with Greenpeace International<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"EmptyMessage\">Block content is empty. 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