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Plastics Treaty: We Won’t Stop Fighting
Governments failed to finalise a Global #PlasticsTreaty during the fifth and what was supposed to be final round of UN Global Plastics Treaty talks in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday night, but hope is not lost! 100 countries representing billions of people stood up to the fossil fuel industry to reject a weak treaty and…
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‘Fundamentally flawed’: Australian climate case submission to ICJ undermines Pacific neighbours
THE HAGUE/SYDNEY, Tuesday 3 December 2024 — In response to Australia’s oral submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of a historic, Pacific-led climate justice case, the…
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Historic climate hearings begin as Pacific-led campaign reaches world’s highest court
THE HAGUE/SYDNEY, Monday 2 December 2024 — The historic Pacific-led campaign to take the world’s biggest problem of climate change to the world’s highest court reaches a pivotal moment today…
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Deep sea mining plans stopped in Norway
After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters.
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Santos’ aggressive tactics against environmental defenders are more proof that polluters should pay, not people
Santos has pursued the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) for its legal costs after the EDO sued the fossil fuel giant on behalf of Tiwi Islanders in 2022. This week, EDO agreed to pay a whopping $9 million.
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Thank You for Standing Up to Big Polluters: Your Voice is Changing the Future
Last week in Busan, South Korea, an extraordinary moment unfolded—a moment powered by your passion, your determination, and your voices. Together with WWF and Break Free From Plastic, Greenpeace delivered a petition signed by almost three million people from 182 countries, demanding a historic, legally binding Global Plastics Treaty. This collective call for action is…
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The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port: Why We’re Rising Up for No More Coal and Gas
Walking around the camp in Muloobinba / Newcastle it was easy to forget you were at a protest at all, it felt more like a festival. The term ‘protestival’ was not just aspirational – it was accurate. (And, arguably, the best kind of festival).
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Māori elders, Greenpeace disrupt AGM of Sydney mining company behind ‘zombie seabed mining project’
SYDNEY, Thursday 28 November 2024 – A Māori elder alongside Greenpeace activists has disrupted the annual general meeting of the Australian mining company Manuka Resources in Sydney, which is preparing…
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403 pieces of plastic were found inside this bird’s stomach
World leaders are meeting for the final round of negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty. A seabird fledgling found dead on Lord Howe Island reminds us what’s at stake.
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‘We will fight’: Bitter disappointment in Baku must catalyse action on the road to COP30 in Belem
BAKU, Sunday 24 November 2024 — The COP29 climate talks have ended in disappointment today, with the most climate-impacted countries exasperated by what is widely seen as a grossly inadequate finance commitment and failure to progress commitments on fossil fuel phase out.
