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French President Calls For A Ban On Deep Sea Mining At COP27
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 2:52 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is today celebrating the announcement from French President Emmanuel Macron at COP27 that France supports an outright ban on deep sea mining - saying it shows just how quickly the tide is turning against the destructive industry. "Coming ... More >>
Antarctic Protected Areas Failure Proves Urgent Need For Global Oceans Treaty
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 10:54 am | Greenpeace
As the annual Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR) fails to agree on long-promised Marine Protected Areas, Greenpeace is calling for governments to urgently invest in the solution - a strong Global Oceans Treaty agreement at the UN. The latest CCAMLR ... More >>
Public Meeting With Otago Uni Health Expert For Nitrate-hit Waimate
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 9:47 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace will be offering free drop-in water testing for nitrate-impacted Glenavy residents near Waimate, and on the same day host a public meeting on nitrate contamination with public health researcher Dr Tim Chambers at the Glenavy Hall on Tuesday 15 November ... More >>
New Zealand’s Support For Deep Sea Mining Moratorium A Win For Ocean Protection
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 1:07 pm | Greenpeace
The environmental movement is celebrating the New Zealand Government’s decision to back a conditional global moratorium on deep sea mining as a win for the ocean and people power, saying it’s a vital step in protecting the ocean from the destructive ... More >>
Greenpeace Aotearoa Renews Call For A Strong Global Plastics Treaty
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 10:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa has renewed calls for the government to advocate for a strong, legally-binding global plastics treaty as world governments meet at the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting (INC1) in Uruguay next month. A petition for a plastics ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On UN To Reject Corporate Sponsors Like Coca-Cola From Climate Talks
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 8:33 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace is calling for corporate sponsors to be kept out of United Nations (UN) international climate talks. The call comes after Coca-Cola, the world’s worst plastic polluter, was named as a sponsor of next month’s COP27 climate conferenc ... More >>
Signing Deals For Congo Fossil Gas In Two Weeks: Mission Impossible, Says Greenpeace Africa
Friday, 14 October 2022, 6:09 am | Greenpeace
Kinshasa, 13 October 2022 – Nine companies are bidding for exploration rights to fossil gas in Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) including US-based Symbion Power , a firm listed without clear experience in gas exploration. DRC’s ... More >>
Cut Emissions And Ban Destructive Fishing To Protect Marine Environment, Says Greenpeace
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 12:51 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to take further measures to protect the ocean from decline, following the release of a new report from the Ministry for the Environment. The Our Marine Environment 2022 report paints a grim picture of ocean ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Minister Mahuta’s Decision To Sanction Billionaire Oligarch Alexander Abramov
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 4:10 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s decision to sanction influential Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov but is also calling for the sanctions to go further. Greenpeace has called for the Government to freeze the New Zealand-based assets of ... More >>
He Waka Eke Noa Fails To Cut Dairy Emissions
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 9:11 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that even with amendments released today, the Government’s farmgate emissions pricing system known as He Waka Eke Noa will fail to cut climate emissions from agriculture, New Zealand's biggest polluter. Greenpeace lead climate ... More >>
Report Shows Tree Planting No Substitute For Cutting Dairy Emissions
Friday, 7 October 2022, 9:19 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that a new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) shows New Zealand can’t plant its way out of climate pollution from intensive dairy. Instead, the Government has to act - and cut synthetic nitrogen ... More >>
A Win For People Power As More Problem Plastics Banned
Monday, 3 October 2022, 3:48 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is celebrating "a win for people and the environment" after the Government announced that a range of single-use plastics are now banned from sale or manufacture, but the campaigning organisation is calling for more The ... More >>
Greenpeace Renews Call On Ardern To Freeze Russian Oligarch Alexander Abramov’s Assets
Sunday, 2 October 2022, 1:01 pm | Greenpeace
In response to the latest moves by Russia to annex areas of Ukraine, the New Zealand Government has signalled that it will impose more sanctions on Russians who support the invasion. Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the move, but spokesperson Amanda ... More >>
Greenwashed Dairy Cows On Parliament Lawn Highlight Government Inaction On Climate
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 10:52 am | Greenpeace
29 Sept: Greenpeace Aotearoa has brought a mock dairy herd to Parliament’s lawn to highlight the government’s use of greenwashing instead of real action on New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: intensive dairy. Actors representing Prime ... More >>
Cheeky Wellington Billboards Highlight Government’s Climate Greenwash
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 11:32 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The day before nationwide Climate Strikes, Greenpeace Aotearoa has erected three billboards across Wellington today in a bid to highlight the Government’s lack of action on climate change. The satirical billboards feature Prime Minister Jacinda ... More >>
Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Down New York Rivers Calling On Vote For Climate Justice At United Nations
Sunday, 18 September 2022, 5:18 pm | Greenpeace
Pacific activists and students, joined by New York climate activists and Indigenous representatives, held a climate justice flotilla on Saturday sailing past the UN HQ and the Statue of Liberty with banners calling on countries to vote yes to the ... More >>
Greenpeace Slams Shock Decision To Green-light Deep Sea Mining
Monday, 12 September 2022, 12:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month after a shock decision from regulators to allow The Metals Company to start mining the seafloor. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has granted permission to Nauru Oceans Resources ... More >>
Shocking New Fishing Industry By-kill Data Released
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 11:42 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace says new fishing bycatch data confirms the urgent need to regulate commercial fishing, calling into question continued claims by government and industry that New Zealand is a world leader when it comes to ocean protection. The data, released by ... More >>
UN Ocean Treaty Talks Falter, As The Ocean Crisis Deepens
Monday, 29 August 2022, 1:43 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand government to keep pushing for a Global Ocean Treaty as international negotiations falter at the last minute. Despite making good headway, United Nations member states failed to come to a consensus late last ... More >>
Greenpeace Calls On Prime Minister Ardern To Help Get Global Ocean Treaty Over The Line
Friday, 26 August 2022, 11:28 am | Greenpeace
Negotiations for a Global Ocean Treaty are on the brink of failure as UN member states near the end of a two week meeting to hammer out the details of the treaty that would govern the high seas. Countries in the High Ambition Coalition and others ... More >>
