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Climate change

Factcheck: Australia’s unprecedented fires are down to climate change, not arson

A lot of information has been circulating online that puts all the blame for Australia's unprecedented fires on arson or green policies – anything other than climate change. Spreading the…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson January 20, 2020

Six uniformed schoolchildren throw plastic rubbish up into the air

Plastic

The UK’s Largest Plastic Waste Survey Reveals 1.7 Billion Pieces of Plastic Packaging Still Being Thrown Away by Households Weekly

The Big Plastic Count found that UK households discard an estimated 90 billion plastic pieces annually, with only 17% being recycled domestically.

by Alexandra Sedgwick April 16, 2024

Climate change

How 2019 party manifestos measured up on climate change and nature

The next government will be in power during a crucial time when the climate and nature emergencies need to be tackled head-on. Greenpeace policy experts have ranked the party manifestos…

by Jamie Woolley November 28, 2019

Climate change

Warm Homes Plan statement

What’s needed to meet 2030 targets

February 26, 2024

Climate change

Sacrifice zones: the places being destroyed by our toxic system – and the dangerous ‘climate solutions’ that could make them worse

The existence of sacrifice zones shows how our system values some lives over others. But some climate solutions are set to sacrifice even more places to environmental crises.

by Maja Darlington April 19, 2021

A drilling structure platform lit up at dusk, silhouetted against the blue-orange sky

Environmental justice

Taxing fossil fuel giants could raise $720 bn by 2030 to help world’s poorest with climate damages, new report finds

A tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the world’s richest advanced economies could raise $720 billion by the end of the decade to support the world’s…

by Joe Evans April 29, 2024

Photographed from below, fish and a hammerhead shark are silhouetted against the sunlit surface of the sea in the Galapagos Islands

Oceans

UK ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty: briefing for policymakers

To demonstrate its commitment to global ocean protection, the government must ratify the Global Ocean Treaty into UK law before the general election. It must also develop proposals for ocean…

April 22, 2024

Oceans

Fishing area in the Antarctic becomes ocean sanctuary

An NGO-industry collaboration to protect the Antarctic Ocean today announces a big step forward with a year-round closure of a 4500km2 area of ocean around Hope Bay in the northern…

by James Hanson December 11, 2020

5 people stand in front of the House of Commons holding a big red banner reading #StopRosebank

Climate change

Uplift and Greenpeace take government to court to stop Rosebank oil field

Consent “incompatible” with UK climate plans and ignores emissions from burning Rosebank’s oil

by Phil Richards December 18, 2023

Climate activists hold banners outside Scottish Court of Session before Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing

Climate change

Greenpeace granted permission for judicial review of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields

Greenpeace UK has been granted permission by the Scottish courts for judicial review of the controversial Rosebank oil field, and the Jackdaw gas field. Greenpeace’s legal grounds on which they…

by Florri Burton September 25, 2024