Climate

Video: The new threat to our planet that’s as dangerous as climate change

Posted by Georgie Johnson - 8th May 2019
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It might sound hard to believe, but there’s a threat to our planet that experts are now warning is as dangerous as climate change. It’s something called biodiversity loss. This week, the UN released the most comprehensive report ever produced on the issue. And it makes for startling reading. Plants… Read More

Joining Extinction Rebellion: My Parents’ First Act of Peaceful Civil Disobedience

Posted by Mehul Damani - 26th April 2019
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I’ve been involved with Greenpeace for over 8 years. I left my job at an Investment Bank and now work as a freelance technology project manager. My parents weren’t very pleased when I told them I was leaving my banking career to work for Greenpeace. Like many first generation immigrants… Read More

What Declaring a Climate Emergency Looks Like

Posted by Philip Evans - 18th April 2019
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Our climate is breaking down. Rising seas and extreme weather events are putting tens of millions of people around the world at direct risk. And younger generations are being robbed of their future on a healthy, livable planet. So we need the government to declare a Climate Emergency and take… Read More

In pictures: Happy International Polar Bear Day!

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 27th February 2019
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Two polar bears on the ice in Hudson Bay.
All rights reserved. Credit: Bernd Roemmelt / Greenpeace

Organized by Polar Bears International the polar bears’ special day aims to raise awareness about the impacts of climate change and reduced sea ice on the polar bears’ population. Polar bears require sea ice to survive as a platform to reach their prey of ringed and bearded seals, to travel… Read More

The government’s new Clean Air Strategy – what’s wrong with it?

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 15th January 2019
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Amid our growing air pollution crisis the Government have today announced their grand plan to tackle air pollution. In it are welcome recognition of the scale of the problem and levels of ambition. However there are clear gaps in their plan that make this yet another failed opportunity. Read More

10 Green New Year’s Resolutions for the Government

Posted by Rebecca Newsom - 7th January 2019
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We still don’t know exactly what the government and leading political parties have in store for the environment this year, but so far, they have all been falling short of where we need to be. That’s why we took the liberty of writing up ten New Year’s resolutions we need… Read More