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Climate Politics At The Pacific Islands Forum
While Greenpeace are taking direct action to highlight the conflict between Australia’s ever expanding coal exports and the future of our Pacific neighbours, leaders from across the region are meeting in Cairns today for the Pacific Island Forum. In recent years the agenda has been dominated by issues of regional stability including the intervention in…
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Our Action Steps Into Day 3
Our actions enter Day 3. On Tuesday, activists occupied the Abbot Point coal export terminal in Bowen. Yesterday, a further 10 activists locked on to a coal loader at Hay Point Coal Terminal. Four activists remain, 24 hours later. We’re very proud of them and have been in regular contact via phone. They spent the…
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Day Two: Toodle-oo Tuvalu?
Check out the live updates of the action as it unfolds.
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Espy Log, Week 4: Samoa
We’ve just had another update from Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza. The ship is currently touring the Pacific to document efforts in Pacific Island nations to adapt to climate change impacts. This update is from Emily. We’ve been and gone from Samoa, and are now making our way slowly west across the north of Fiji towards…
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Meet Chino, Deckhand Aboard The Esperanza
Chino Uelese is currently aboard Greenpeace ship, the Esperanza, as a deckhand. Kia orana/ Talofa lava, As well as being a deckhand on the Esperanza, my ancestral roots and language have given me a unique role on this ship tour. My mum is part Samoan/ Fijian and my dad originates from Samoa and the Cook…
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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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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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Trouble In Paradise
I am lucky enough to find myself in what is often described as Paradise: the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. As we prepare for Greenpeace’s largest ship, the Esperanza, to arrive – organising meetings, speaking to the Government, local environment groups and people active on climate change – I find myself overwhelmed by the beauty…
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It’s your meeting but it’s my home
This post is just in from Leah Wickham, our Pacific representative in Poznan. I arrived in Poland two days ago, having travelled thousands of miles from the hub of the South Pacific and enduring flight delays, missed connections and lost luggage. Then there’s the cold and the minus-0 temperature. That is agonising for a girl…