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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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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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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…
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Climate Leaders: The Time has Come
Across the Internet or in your favourite bookstore you’ll find many stories of great leadership. They focus on the character of great leaders and the decisions they made, the courage they displayed, the integrity they possessed. Supporters for the Paris Agreement at the COP22 in Marrakech – 18 Nov, 2016 A common thread is…
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PACIFIC ISLAND REPRESENT HEADING TO THE COP TO CALL OUT CLIMATE SWEET-TALK AND DEMAND ACTION
Combatting climate change is a huge problem that demands a concerted global effort. Landmark deals like the Paris Agreement are touted as the way forward but they’re not worth the paper they’re written on if the nations signed up don’t obey them. But despite the politically convenient photo opportunities and inspiring words spoken by world…
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No time to waste: climate impacts demand response at Pacific COP – Greenpeace
Press release – 2 November, 2017Bonn, November 3, 2017 – In a year marked by devastating hurricanes, floods and drought, Greenpeace said real world leaders must stand up at the UN climate talks in Bonn and propel climate action forward or be held accountable for their inaction.Two years since the Paris Climate Agreement signalled the…
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Share your selfie to show the climate sweet-talkers that Pacific Island Represent will hold them to their promises
October 26, 2017 – As part of its campaign to expose the half-truths and lies behind big-polluting countries’ climate sweet-talk Pacific Island Represent is asking the public to show their solidarity by sharing a selfie. Thanks to an unbelievably successful crowd-funding effort, next month P.I. Reps Samu Kuridrani and Alisi Nacewa are travelling from Fiji to…
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Pacific Island Represent travelling to Germany to call out climate sweet-talk thanks to overwhelming public support
October 17, 2017 – Pacific Island Represent (P.I. Rep) will call out climate hypocrites at the UN climate meeting in Germany after raising more than $17,000 to send two of its members to the key global event. Greenpeace Australia Pacific launched the P.I. Rep crowdfunder on Friday and within 24 hours had raised the $17,200…
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Pacific Islanders crowdfunding to call out hypocrisy at UN climate meeting in Germany
Press release – 12 October, 2017Pacific Islanders crowdfunding to call out hypocrisy at UN climate meeting in GermanyOctober 13, 2017 – Two Pacific Island Representatives are calling on the public to join them as they head to a key UN climate meeting in Germany where they will demand that countries cut their sweet-talk and honour…