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2017 hottest year ever outside El Niño cycle
SYDNEY, January 19, 2018 – The news that last year was the hottest ever recorded outside the El Niño cycle provides yet another wake-up call for world leaders to take swift action to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Even without an El Niño effect to exacerbate the heat, 2017 was still the third…
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WEF 2018: Greenpeace brings Justice to Davos
Justice for People and Planet calls on governments to impose effective and binding rules on corporate behaviour, to make them accountable toward people and the planet. It shows how, rather than imposing these rules, governments have willingly or unwillingly become enablers of corporate impunity. The report’s analysis of 20 specific cases shows how corporations have…
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New bird species identified in eastern Indonesia’s threatened forests
Press release – 16 January, 2018Jakarta, 16 January, 2018 – A Greenpeace Belgium campaigner and ornithologist, together with researchers from the University of Singapore and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, have described a new species of bird on Rote Island, Indonesia.The Rote myzomela (Myzomela irianawidodoae) belongs to the colourful honeyeater family and is named after…
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SETTING SAIL TO PROTECT THE ANTARCTIC
As I write this the Arctic Sunrise, one of Greenpeace’s ships, is sailing south. || For the next three months its crew will be working alongside a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe to build the case for the world’s largest protected area: an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. The Antarctic…
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Penguins pop up across the globe in march for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary
Press release – 14 January, 2018Sydney, 15 January 2018 – As a groundbreaking expedition begins in the Antarctic, pop-up penguins have been spotted from London to Seoul, Buenos Aires to Sydney, and Johannesburg to Washington DC, marching for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. [1]The striking geometric sculptures have appeared by national landmarks across the globe, on…
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Forests | The Congo Rainforest and Congo Basin
Together, we can protect the endangered animals from the Congo Basin by preserving the ancient rainforests.
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Forests | Amazon
The Amazon is the planet's largest remaining rainforest, teeming with more wildlife than anywhere else on Earth. But this majestic rainforest is caught between the twin destructive forces of deforestation.
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Forests | Indonesia
Indonesia is a treasure chest of biodiversity; it is home to between 10 and 15 per cent of all known species of plants, mammals and birds. Orang-utans, elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses,…
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ARCTIC OIL: THE VERDICT IS IN
Last November, we made history together as our movement launched an unprecedented people-powered legal challenge to Arctic Oil. More than half a million people, including 25,000 Australians, submitted their names and asked the Norwegian Government to withdraw new oil licenses in the Arctic. Late last week, we finally received the verdict. Sadly, the court ruled…
