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A leader’s legacy. A people’s victory.
Confronting the coal industry has never been easy, and it will never be. But the people of Prachuab Khiri Khan have proven that if everyone came together, overcame their fears and resisted as one, they can persevere and achieve the impossible.
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Sea Level Rise Poses Economic Threat to Asia Coastal Cities
A new Greenpeace East Asia report estimates that by 2030, 15 million people across the seven cities will live in areas at risk of flooding. The analysis is one of the first of its kind to use high spatial resolution data to suggest the areas of each city that are at risk from floods.
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Satellite images reveal global air pollution rebound 1 year after first Covid-19 lockdowns
Levels of toxic NO2 air pollution have rebounded in cities around the world one year after initial Covid-19 lockdowns went into effect, a new report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia finds.
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Satellite Data Reveal Global Air Pollution Rebound One Year After First Covid-19 Lockdowns
In this report, we investigate nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution data from ground level monitors and satellite observations. The analysis compares air quality before the emergence of Covid-19 against pollution measurements made during different stages of the pandemic.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia on ADB’s draft energy policy
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday released its draft energy policy [1], which states that the institution “will not finance any new coal-fired capacity for power and…
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Earth to humans…
Days like Earth Day remind all of us of the present state of our planet - which is in a crisis. The truth is, Earth Day should be 365 days in a year.
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Greenpeace report finds Indonesia is losing the battle to protect peatlands
A new Greenpeace Indonesia report, Restoration Up in Smoke: Losing the Battle to Protect Peatlands, identifies major contradictions in the Indonesian government’s claims to meet its peatland restoration targets.
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Restoration Up in Smoke: Losing the Battle to Protect Peatlands
In the absence of independent verification of the progress of peatland restoration, Greenpeace decided to conduct an analysis of the present condition of peatlands in Indonesia. The goal of this analysis is to establish the locations of the degraded peatlands which have been prioritised to be restored by the government and to assess the condition…
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When women take a stand to protect what they love
We cannot deny that women have come a long way, their influence seen, heard and felt everywhere. Be it in the social, political, or economic spheres, women everywhere continue to make waves, even break barriers.
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PM2.5 air pollution behind an estimated 160,000 deaths in world’s 5 biggest cities in 2020
PM2.5 air pollution was behind approximately 160,000 deaths in the world’s five most populous cities in 2020, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of IQAir data from a live Cost Estimator