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Climate science or corporate food? UN Food Summit must choose one for a liveable planet
The science is clear. To survive the climate crisis, we’ll need less land devoted to animal grazing and feed, not more. We need plant-rich diets, not meat-heavy diets that damage our health and planet.
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Greenpeace Philippines on Duterte’s UN speech: Hold big polluters accountable, cancel climate-destructive plans
While vulnerable countries are suffering and communities are bearing the brunt, we have yet to hear governments, such as the Philippines, call for accountability from fossil fuel companies who hold a big share of the responsibility.
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Plastic worsens the climate crisis, from the Philippines to the United States
Plastic comes from fossil fuels and the consumer goods companies pushing plastic on our communities from the United States to the Philippines are making the climate crisis worse.
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Greenpeace Indonesia urges more ambition and cooperation as Norway – Indonesia agreement ends
Although the result of the agreement on REDD+ between Indonesia and Norway has ended and its results are far from fulfilling its target, international collaboration is still needed and important to reducing deforestation and carbon emissions.
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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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CIMB exits coal finance
Effective in 2021, CIMB will no longer finance new or expansions of thermal coal mines and coal-fired power plants, except where there is an existing commitment. CIMB has committed to developing a comprehensive plan to reduce its coal exposure to zero by 2040.
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Greenpeace lauds the Philippine House of Representatives for climate emergency declaration push
Among the key components of the resolution is to call on major carbon emitters, locally and abroad, to take responsibility for climate change, reinvest in renewable and sustainable energy, as well as encourage local governments to issue climate emergency declarations.
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Climate Emergency declaration key to determining crucial steps to protect Filipinos from disasters – Greenpeace Philippines
Declaring a climate emergency also calls for establishing an enjoined whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to strengthen climate response; charging the relevant government agencies and the Congress to adopt policies and enact laws to protect the climate, on the basis of climate justice...
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Greenpeace Philippines welcomes moratorium on new coal plants; renews call for energy transition to RE
Data from a recent Greenpeace report shows that the Philippines can easily achieve 50% RE power generation by 2030 solely through solar and wind capacity. To enable this to happen, the DOE must support their declaration with concrete policy measures such as removing financial incentives for coal and other fossil fuel power projects, imposing higher…
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Southeast Asia Power Sector Scorecard: Assessing the progress of national energy transitions against a 1.5 degrees pathway
The inevitable end of coal power has been known by policymakers and project developers for decades, and was formalized by the ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2015.
