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Report: In Hotter Water – How the Global Ocean Treaty can boost climate action
In December 2019, Greenpeace International released 30×30 In Hot Water: The climate crisis and the urgent need for ocean protection. This makes the scientific case for creating a network of marine sanctuaries covering at least 30% of the world’s ocean, both to increase marine life’s resilience to climate change and to help mitigate its effect…
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Coral pulled up by NZ trawler “environmental vandalism”, says Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Friday 01 November 2024 – Reports that a New Zealand trawler has destroyed almost 40 kilograms of deep sea corals in a region of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for…
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What is the UN Biodiversity COP16 and why is it so important for nature and humanity
The 16th UN Biodiversity COP will take place in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November 2024. But what exactly is COP16, and why should we care about this gathering of global leaders and civil society organisations?
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UN biodiversity target set to be missed by eight decades, Greenpeace warns
Cali, Colombia/Sydney, Monday 21 October 2024 – While governments begin talks at the UN Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia, a Greenpeace International report released today warns that at the current…
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Greenpeace occupies Straterra’s Wellington HQ in protest of Australian mining company Trans-Tasman Resource’s seadbed mining
Greenpeace activists have occupied the Wellington offices of the mining lobby group Straterra to protest plans to Fast Track its Australian client Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) seabed mining in the South…
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Pacific Islands Forum 2024: Deep Sea Mining, Australia in the hot seat and a glaring omission
What even is the Pacific Islands Forum?
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‘The risks are too great’: Tongan community rallies against deep sea mining as Pacific Forum Leaders meet
The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) continues today in Tonga, local groups have staged a peaceful demonstration against deep sea mining in its capital Nuku’alofa, as global momentum opposing the destructive industry grows.
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Greenpeace calls for climate action, not empty rhetoric, as Pacific Leaders’ Forum kicks off in Tonga
As the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum kicks off today in Tonga, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on the Albanese government to genuinely respond to the needs of Pacific island nations by increasing its ambition on climate finance and fossil fuels.
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The tide has turned: new Secretary General voted in at ISA
SYDNEY/KINGSTON, 2 AUGUST 2024 – Today the International Seabed Authority’s Assembly voted in secret ballot for the new Secretary General. In reaction to Leticia Carvalho winning the election for Secretary…
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Tuvalu joins growing chorus of nations seeking deep sea mining pause
SYDNEY / KINGSTON, Wednesday 31 July 2024 — In response to the Government of Tuvalu’s call for a precautionary pause on deep sea mining at the 29th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), currently underway in Kingston, Jamaica, the following quotes can be attributed to Greenpeace Head of Pacific Shiva Gounden: