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Community reps, Greenpeace activists blockade Shell facility in Batangas to call for climate justice
Batangas City, Philippines – Ahead of the coming week’s global mobilizations for the climate, representatives from climate-impacted communities, together with Greenpeace activists, blockaded the entrance to the Batangas refinery of fossil…
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World’s first climate change and human rights liability inquiry nears closure
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines; 19 September 2019 – The world’s first legal investigation into the responsibility of fossil fuel companies for human rights impacts resulting from climate change is…
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Filipino activist and super typhoon survivor demands Shell to face up to the climate emergency
Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines – Ahead of this month’s global climate strikes, climate activist and super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor Joanna Sustento[1], started an indefinite lone protest today in front of…
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Greenpeace PH reactive to the recent Statement on Climate Change by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Quezon City – Early this week, United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Michele Bachelet said of climate change, “The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this…
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Cebu Youth Leaders vow to take action on dietary choices for the climate
Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on 8 August 2019, a group of young leaders gathered in Talisay City, Cebu to put forward the issue of changing dietary choices among Filipinos as part of the climate justice campaign.
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Greenpeace to 18th PH Congress: The time is now to respond to the climate emergency
Quezon City – The climate emergency should be top priority of the Duterte administration and the 18th Congress, Greenpeace said in a press briefing today ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s…
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Greenpeace Statement on the Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in ASEAN region and ASEAN Framework on Marine Debris
The Bangkok Declaration and the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris is a good example of how regional action can be achieved to address a common challenge. However, the…
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ASEAN leaders welcomed by “mountain of trash” and calls to ban plastic and e-waste imports
Bangkok, Thailand – A mountain of plastic and electronic waste appeared on the streets of central Bangkok today as delegates from the 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
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Community Rights Advocates Challenge to ASEAN Leaders: End the Toxic Trade in Plastics and E-Waste
Bangkok, Thailand — As the 34th ASEAN Summit gets underway, chaired by Thailand under the theme of “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability,” community rights advocates from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand are uniting…
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Greenpeace starts them out young with activity in Pasig connecting children’s health and nutrition to environmental health
We spent a day with 100 parents to highlight the connection between the food we eat and the health of our environment. Find out how it turned out!