{"id":10918,"date":"2021-09-14T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T08:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/?p=10918"},"modified":"2023-05-22T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T07:56:23","slug":"the-climate-emergency-unpacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/publication\/10918\/the-climate-emergency-unpacked\/","title":{"rendered":"The Climate Emergency Unpacked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/7c9a05d5-ig-fb_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>In this report, we examine how <strong>consumer brands\u2019 failure to significantly reduce their reliance on single-use plastic, combined with ongoing fossil fuel industry investments of billions of dollars in expanding plastic production capacity, risk creating a plastic boom that could triple production capacity by 2050<\/strong>. In addition to accelerating the plastic pollution crisis, this expansion poses a serious threat to our ability to stay within the 1.5 \u00b0C carbon budget. <\/p>\n\n<p>Specifically, we examine:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How FMCG companies are failing to transparently report the full climate impacts of their plastic packaging;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supply chain connections between nine major FMCG companies and the fossil fuel industry;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The decades-long focus on recycling as a smokescreen to enable increased plastic production;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate impacts and issues with \u201cchemical recycling\u201d; \u2022 Human health and environmental justice impacts of the petrochemical expansion;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Key geographies where the expansion is happening; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The need for FMCGs to shift to package-free or reusable systems of delivery to stop enabling the fossil fuel industry expansion and to help meet climate goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2021\/09\/8353ab45-1001_gp_unpacked_report_eng_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD: The Climate Emergency Unpacked<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-28 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/act\/break-free-from-plastic\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2019\/05\/99f9e3c4-gp0stt3fm-1024x683.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2019\/05\/99f9e3c4-gp0stt3fm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2019\/05\/99f9e3c4-gp0stt3fm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2019\/05\/99f9e3c4-gp0stt3fm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2019\/05\/99f9e3c4-gp0stt3fm-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2019\/05\/99f9e3c4-gp0stt3fm.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Plastic Waste in Verde Island, Philippines. \u00a9 Noel Guevara \/ Greenpeace\" title=\"Plastic Waste in Verde Island, Philippines. \u00a9 Noel Guevara \/ Greenpeace\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/act\/break-free-from-plastic\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBreak free from plastic\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Our coastlines are among the most impacted by plastic pollution in the world. 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