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World’s eyes on Norway as historic climate trial begins
Oslo, Norway. Tomorrow, environmental organisations Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth take on the Norwegian government in court for opening up new areas in the Arctic to oil drilling. They are arguing that drilling for oil violates the Paris Agreement as well as the Norwegian constitution. Winning the case could set a precedent for future…
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NAB reconsiders fossil fuel investments
Press release – 13 November, 2017November 13, 2017: One of Australia’s Big Four banks has announced that it will review its support for fossil fuels and diversified miners that do not have a strategy to move away from coal.The announcement came as part of the bank’s 2017 Sustainability Report, released today, which also promised to…
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ING Bank on the hook for not reporting climate pollution
Press release – 13 November, 2017Amsterdam, 14 November 2017: Today, a climate complaint against ING filed by Greenpeace Netherlands, Oxfam, BankTrack and Milieudefensie for violating OECD guidelines, was accepted by a Dutch representative of the OECD. [1] [2] The Dutch bank will be investigated by the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) for having no plan…
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Merkel must help break deadlock on pre-2020 climate action at Pacific COP
Press release – 12 November, 2017Bonn, Germany – 13 November 2017 – Developed countries must break a deadlock at the UN climate talks in Bonn and discuss their pre-2020 climate actions, starting with COP host German Chancellor Merkel who can lead the way, Greenpeace said.While there has been progress on the Paris rulebook and the…
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Sea of faces projected onto coal power plant in Germany
Bonn, Germany, November 10, 2017 – Pacific Island Represent activists, supported by Greenpeace in Germany have sent a message to leaders meeting at the UN climate talks in Bonn, projecting…
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Australia ‘bullying Pacific neighbours out of climate change compensation’
Press release – 11 November, 2017Bonn, November 12, 2017 – Australia picked up a second Fossil of the Day award on day six of COP23 for seeking to twist, water down and delete references to finance from the loss and damage decision text.Loss and damage refers to impacts of climate change including slow onset events…
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No Future in Fossil Fuels – Pacific Activists Call for Action
This morning, before the sun came up, while much of Bonn was sleeping, the Pacific Island Represent team laced up our winter shoes and headed out into the dark. We had never done anything like this before. And what we were about to see was also a first. Image: Daniel Muller | Greenpeace Nothing could have prepared…
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What Happens in the Arctic Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic – Four Reasons why the Court Case Against Arctic Oil Could Make History
As people and governments around the world are starting to act on climate change, the Norwegian government is moving in the opposite direction – opening up the remote Arctic for new oil drilling and putting people’s lives at risk. MY Arctic Sunrise moored in Svalbard. The winter of 2015/ 2016 represents a record low for…
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Sea of faces projected onto coal power plant in Germany shows emissions don’t respect national borders
Press release – 9 November, 2017Bonn, Germany, November 10, 2017 – Pacific Island Represent activists, supported by Greenpeace in Germany have sent a message to leaders meeting at the UN climate talks in Bonn, projecting an image of faces onto a coal power plant and calling for an urgent phase out of fossil fuels.The message…
