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Greenpeace response to the latest Egyptian Presidencies draft COP27 Cover note
After initially failing to even mention fossil fuels, the draft text is an abdication of responsibility to capture the urgency expressed by many countries to see all oil and gas added to coal for at least a phase down. It is time to end the denial, the fossil fuel age must be brought to a…
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Greenpeace response Bali G20 outcomes – real climate leadership must come from Sharm el-Sheikh
G20 countries went to the COP in Egypt and put on a performance before getting down to the serious business of business as usual politics in Bali. It is time they accepted that you can either protect the fossil-fuelled macroeconomic model or the planet, for only one of which we have alternatives. It is time…
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Investigation finds suspected human rights abuse by suppliers of major US and Taiwanese seafood company – Greenpeace
Major US seafood brand Bumble Bee and its Taiwanese owner, tuna trader FCF, are suspected to have illegal fishing and human rights abuse in its supply chain, according to a new investigative report by Greenpeace East Asia.
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“Don’t get trapped”: One worker’s warning about what really happens in the fishing industry
A fisher shares his story of forced labour in the high seas and how he's fighting back to help protect the rights of migrant workers in the industry.
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Take Plastic-Free July one step further this year: Hold the real polluters accountable
Access to refillable, plastic-free options in our communities should be more than a “nice to have.” That is why we’re taking Plastic-Free July a step further this year.
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Statement of Save Andaman from Coal Network
Calling on the government to conduct a strategic environmental assessment for the energy transition of Southern Thailand was our proposal - we wanted to tell the government and the Thai public the whole truth, which is the only way to end the conflict at Krabi.
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Indonesian migrant fishers declare victory in new regulation that ensures their protection and rights
Indonesian migrant fishers have welcomed the recently ratified regulation that ensures their rights, protection, and employment on board foreign fishing vessels - a significant milestone towards curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and abuse within the industrial fishing industry.
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What’s keeping the unprofitable high seas fishing industry going? Simple: Forced Labour
As fish populations collapse and fishing vessels have to go further out at sea, transportation and refrigeration costs have increased. While these costs are fixed, labour costs are more flexible. This is especially true far out at sea, where isolation and lack of oversight render fishers – who are often migrants with few legal protections…
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Nine people indicted for abusing crew members on Taiwan owned fishing vessel – Greenpeace response
The high seas fishing industry uses cost-cutting and illegal fishing tactics, forced labor, and other human rights abuses to stay profitable. This indictment on the nine people who worked on the Da Wang is indicative of a wider problem.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia teams up with Discovery Networks for Earth Day 2022
This Earth Day collaboration hopes to shed light on the plastics crisis and invite the wider public to be part of the solution by choosing sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic.
