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Wrapping Up The G8 And MEF
The dust has settled from the G8 meeting in Italy where politicians gathered to discuss the greatest challenge facing our civilisation. I was going to write ‘world leaders’ but ‘politicians’ is a more accurate term. Leadership implies vision and decisive action. All we got from the G8 was hot air. We have 145 days to…
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Looking Out Over A Climate-Changing World
As I write this, I’m 200 metres above the most polluting power station in Italy. Brindisi (which I’m assuming is Italian for “blows a gale”) is a long way from home but six other Greenpeace activists and myself have made it our temporary home, occupying the top of the massive smoke stack. This is by…
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G8 Climate Protests Continue As Leaders Blow Hot Air
The Greenpeace international team have been taking action all over the world to try to build pressure around the crucial G8 meeting and Major Economies Forum (MEF) in Italy. The statement that just came out of the MEF is little more than hot air, with no mid-term emission reduction targets and no money on the…
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Why They're Wearing Sweaters In The Tropics
Seni Nabou is our Political Advisor in the Pacific region. She normally works out of our office in Suva, Fiji, but currently Seni is aboard Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, for its Pacific “Our Climate, Our Future” ship tour. So far, Seni’s met with Cook Island Government officials as well as residents on the islands. It’s…
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Greenpeace Climate Action At G8
The G8 meeting in Italy has just wrapped up, to be followed today by a meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF). It is a crucial moment in the leadup to the Copenhagen meeting in December when world leaders will thrash out the detail of a new global climate deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol.…
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Espy Log, Week 3: Hearing Local Stories
The crew aboard Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza (the Espy), are in their third week touring the Pacific to help send a message to world leaders about climate change impacts in the region. In this latest update, Emily reports on their work with locals in Pukapuka and Nassau. Ki Orana from a sleepy Sunday morning on…
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Pukapuka: Remote, Vulnerable And Excited To See Us
The crew on Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, arrived at their next destination on 28 June – Pukapuka Island. Of course, the crew are on the complete other side of the world timezone-wise, so a day behind. Here’s an update from Jessa, who’s on the ship for the whole Pacific tour. This morning we arrived at…
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What Australia’s Youth Are Doing On Climate Change
Cass is one of our new interns working on public engagement. She’s been involved in the youth climate movement over the past few years and will be attending a key conference bringing together young Australians concerned about climate change. Hear about it in her own words. When the Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released figures…
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Espy Log: The Cook Islands
It’s been a busy week for crew on Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza (the Espy). It’s currently touring the Pacific to help send a message to world leaders about climate change impacts in the region. Aboard the ship is Emily, who’s sent us this report on what they’ve been doing. Greetings from a finally sunny, but…
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Tokyo Two Activist Reports From Madeira
Junichi Toru, on of the two Japanese activists known as the “Tokyo Two” arrested for exposing corruption in the Japanese whaling industry, is also at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. He’s “celebrating” one year since his arrest and shares his thoughts on the IWC meeting, his upcoming trial and the future of Japanese whaling.…
