Premier’s promise to block loan of taxpayers’ money to Adani coalmine shows...
November 3, 2017: Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the Queensland Premier’s pledge to use her veto power to block $1 billion of taxpayers’ money being used to assist in the construction of Adani’s...
View ArticlePremier’s promise to block loan of taxpayers’ money to Adani coalmine shows...
November 3, 2017: Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the Queensland Premier’s pledge to use her veto power to block $1 billion of taxpayers’ money being used to assist in the construction of Adani’s...
View ArticleNo time to waste: climate impacts demand response at Pacific COP - Greenpeace
Bonn, 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...
View Article2017 on track to be second hottest year on record: WMO
Bonn, November 6, 2017: Every region of the world has suffered extreme weather events this year with the alarming news 2017 is on track to be the second hottest year ever recorded demonstrating the...
View ArticleWA ban the bag and leave NSW and Victoria looking foolish
September 12, 2017: Today’s move by the WA Premier to ban single-use bags highlights how out-of-touch the governments of NSW and Victoria are in being last to act despite overwhelming public support...
View ArticleCoal delivery dumped at CommBank’s Sydney head office
Monday 16th Oct, 2017: A group of people, including a number from coal-affected communities have today delivered a load of coal to the front of the Commonwealth Bank’s Harbour Street office in Sydney...
View ArticleAustralia presented with Fossil of Day award for support of Adani plans to...
Bonn, November 7, 2017: The Australian government has been awarded the Climate Action Network-International’s (CAN) Fossil of the Day for its support of Adani Group’s plans to build a coal mine larger...
View ArticleSea of faces projected onto coal power plant in Germany shows emissions don’t...
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 an image of...
View ArticleAustralia ‘bullying Pacific neighbours out of 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 finance from the loss and damage decision...
View ArticleMerkel must help break deadlock on pre-2020 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 German Chancellor Merkel...
View ArticleWorld’s eyes on Norway as historic climate trial begins
Oslo, Norway 13 November 2017 – 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...
View ArticleNAB reconsiders fossil fuel investments
November 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...
View ArticleING Bank on the hook for not reporting climate pollution
Amsterdam, 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...
View ArticlePacific Island Represent bears witness at historic People vs Arctic Oil trial...
Oslo, 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...
View ArticleAustralia ranked fourth last among low-performing countries for climate...
Bonn, November 15, 2017: Australia has again been shamed on the world stage for its inaction on climate change, taking 57th place out of 60 countries ranked in the 2018 Climate Change Performance Index...
View ArticleAustralia’s dirtiest industry dealt another blow as Commonwealth Bank rule...
November 16, 2017: Greenpeace welcomes the announcement today by the Commonwealth Bank that they would distance itself from coal projects.In a statement released to the ASX ahead of the bank’s annual...
View ArticleStrong leadership must emerge to drive Pacific COP climate ambition forward -...
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...
View ArticleThe People vs Arctic Oil: Historic climate trial ends
Oslo, Norway 22 November, 2017 – Today is the last day in court where three environmental organisations have taken on the Norwegian government for opening up new areas in the Arctic to oil drilling....
View ArticleCoal delivery dumped at CommBank’s Sydney head office
Monday 16th Oct, 2017: A group of people, including a number from coal-affected communities have today delivered a load of coal to the front of the Commonwealth Bank’s Harbour Street office in Sydney...
View ArticleSea of faces projected onto coal power plant in Germany shows emissions don’t...
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 an image of...
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