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INVESTIGATION: Turn the Tide
Greenpeace's 12-month long investigation exposes the activities of Thailand's rogue overseas fishing fleets, the companies behind them and their supply chain connections to export markets including Australia, the US and Europe.
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The inevitable transformation – why swift action is needed to stay below 1.5
By Jennifer L Morgan, Executive Director Greenpeace International. Last year, 197 countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement on climate change. Today (November 4th) it comes into force, in one of the fastest ratifications of any international agreement. By Jennifer L Morgan, Executive Director Greenpeace International. Last year, 197 countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.…
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Australia’s coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights
Can Australia achieve fair and open decision-making when big coal players are involved? The case of Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine suggests the answer is no, and Indigenous land owners are bearing the brunt. Queensland’s Speaker of the House Peter Wellington holds a Declaration of Defence of Country given to him by the Wangan and…
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A Pacific Islander mother’s letter to her children about climate justice
My little darlings, on 28 July 2016 as you slept with the sound of the ocean keeping you both company, there was a big commotion on the other side of the ocean. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines asked 47 fossil fuel companies, including BHP Billiton, Shell and BP, to respond to a 60-page legal petition alleging…
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Walmart Defends Its Destructive Canned Tuna As Tesco Takes Action
Walmart defends its destructive canned tuna while Tesco, the largest UK retailer, takes action to clean up its canned tuna aisle.
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Walmart Must Take Responsibility for Its Canned Tuna
When unsuspecting Walmart customers reach for a can of Great Value or Chicken of the Sea tuna, they don’t know that a trail of destruction has brought that can from…
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The rise of Pacific power: From small island states to large ocean states
The Pacific region consists of 24 island states scattered across a quarter of the earth’s surface – a vast area of some 30 million square kilometres. By description alone, the vast area should command the respect and attention of the international community. The countries make up almost 10 percent of United Nations votes and are…
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Seven Reasons why Environmentalists (should and do) care about Refugees
Across the world, around sixty million human beings are currently displaced from their homes. It is a number so enormous it is hard to visualise, but it is as if roughly the entire population of the UK was violently tipped out on to the roads and oceans of the world. The loss of humanity from…
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Love is in the air… and on the water. We say #LetThemStay
This Valentine’s Day I’m standing up for love. I work with Greenpeace and by the time you’re reading this, I’ll be driving a boat in Sydney Harbour, showing my support for the #LetThemStay movement. There is a group of 267 people seeking refuge in Australia and our government is trying to send them to detention…