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Strong leadership must emerge to drive Pacific COP climate ambition forward – Greenpeace
Bonn, 17 November 2017 – Greenpeace demanded climate leadership to emerge from the Pacific COP, calling on leaders to listen to the need for urgency and transform their energy and land-use systems. The Trump administration failed to stop the global climate talks from moving forward, despite its announcement to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, but…
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What Happens here affects us all
Climate change doesn’t discriminate and it knows no borders. Carbon emissions in Europe are causing sea levels to rise and submerging low-lying islands thousands of kilometres away. That’s why Pacific Island Represent has taken a detour from Bonn in Germany, to Oslo in Norway, to bear witness at the historic The People vs Arctic Oil…
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Stop Trashing Australia!
Join the war on plastic waste to protect our oceans and health.
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The 8 Women to Watch as the World Talks Climate Change
Women are on the front-lines of climate change, from rising seas to extreme weather. We’re also leading the charge at global climate talks and rallying people power to protect our planet. Some of us are at the helm of business, government or civil society organisations. Together, we can bring an end to fossil fuels and…
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Merkel deadlock on climate action at Pacific COP
Bonn, 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…
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Pacific Island Represent bears witness at historic People vs Arctic Oil trial in Oslo
Press release – 14 November, 2017Oslo, November 14, 2017: Pacific Island Represent activists are in attendance at an historic court case where the Norwegian government is attempting to defend its unsustainable and climate-threatening Arctic drilling operations.Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth are suing the Norwegian government for opening up new oil fields for drilling in…
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Pacific neighbours climate change compensation’
Bonn, 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…
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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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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…