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Greenpeace calls for climate reparations as country braces for impacts from Typhoon Mawar
The Philippine government must demand reparations for losses and damages from fossil fuel companies. At the same time governments around the world must ensure that these companies undertake a fast and fair transition away from fossil fuels, and pay up for their role in climate disasters.
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Greenpeace on ASEAN’s historic declaration on migrant fishers protection
The declaration is considered a milestone especially for developing countries in Southeast Asia like Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines which are considered the world’s biggest “supplier” of migrant fishers as ship crew to the global fishing industry. This victory is not only for migrant workers rights activists, but also for all Southeast Asian migrant fishers.
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Greenpeace Philippines statement on the adoption of a historic UN General Assembly Resolution for an Advisory Opinion on Climate Change from the International Court of Justice
This landmark resolution vindicates the work of communities in the Philippines who have long stood up for climate justice and to defend their rights in the face of climate impacts caused by the activities of rich nations and fossil fuel companies.
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Greenpeace Philippines calls for reduced plastic production and corporate commitments to shift to reuse systems on first International Day of Zero-Waste
We can’t speak of sustainability while our systems and business models still rely on harmful materials and finite resources like plastics and the fossil fuels which they’re made of. Corporate and government actions for reduced plastic production and reuse must happen.
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I’ve lost loved ones to climate change and I want big oil companies to pay – Yeb Saño reflects on Shell protest
Despite the devastation I’ve seen, I feel great joy to be part of the climate movement. I feel the profound hope of a sustainable future, and I feel proud to speak up against the false narrative peddled by the fossil fuel industry.
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Greenpeace boards, occupies Shell vessel with demand: Stop drilling, start paying
Shell recently suggested it could open up further areas for exploration. In the Philippines, Shell is eyeing a massive expansion of oil and gas import terminals, including in the fragile and biodiverse Verde Island Passage. Communities and climate advocates are protesting the move.
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Greenpeace climate justice activists board and occupyShell platform en route to major oilfield with message: ‘STOP DRILLING. START PAYING.’
Shell must stop drilling and start paying. We’re taking action today because when Shell extracts fossil fuels it causes a ripple of death, destruction and displacement around the world, having the worst impact on people who are least to blame for the climate crisis.
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COP27 Loss and Damage Finance Facility a down payment on climate justice
In the end, if all fossil fuels are not rapidly phased out no amount of money will be able to cover the cost of the resulting loss and damage. It is that simple.
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Greenpeace, youth call for “safe, fair future” in climate-vulnerable PH ahead of COP27
Justice, accountability and finance for the countries hardest hit by the climate crisis, past, present and future, are three of the key components to success not only during the talks but in the actions afterwards.
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Typhoon survivors in the Philippines protest for loss and damage funds ahead of COP27
Carbon majors and rich nations need to pay for the political, social, and financial costs of climate harm they created, after decades of pollution. A commitment to climate justice also requires the finance to prevent further harm and an urgent and just transition out of a fossil-fuel based economy