Tag: Greenpeace

Regional Fisheries Management Organisations are on the precipice of weakening the High Seas Treaty

Stuart Mitchell

Regional Fisheries Management Organisations or RFMOs, bodies in charge of fisheries management in the high seas, are trying to water down the High Seas Treaty’s capacity to deliver on protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030, and give themselves additional powers that would significantly restrict ocean protection measures. Campaigners are sounding the alarm on this proposed text which RFMOs have lobbied for. These amendments would shore up RFMOs own supremacy, after decades of destruction, and stall and derail ocean protection measures like ocean sanctuary proposals. With only two days left…

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Greenpeace International urges governments to defend international law, as evidence suggests breaches by deep sea mining contractors

Stuart Mitchell

As the International Seabed Authority (ISA) opens its 31st Session today, Greenpeace International urges member states to take firm and swift action if breaches by subsidiaries and subcontractors of The Metals Company (TMC) are established. Evidence compiled and submitted to the ISA’s Secretary General suggests that violations of exploration contracts may have occurred.  Louisa Casson, Campaigner, Greenpeace International said: “In July, governments at the ISA sent a clear message: rogue companies trying to sidestep international law will face consequences. Turning that promise into action at this meeting is far more important…

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Number of homes at high risk of flooding set to treble in next 50 years – Greenpeace

Stuart Mitchell

As flood warnings and alerts remain in place across large swathes of Great Britain, Greenpeace warns that over 866,000 homes – equivalent to the total of those in Birmingham, Liverpool and Sheffield – could be at ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk from increased levels of severe flooding fuelled by climate change by the year 2080. Analysis by Geosmart – a company specialising in flood risk assessments – commissioned by Greenpeace, compares the level of flood risk faced by every region and local authority across Britain, should global temperatures increase by…

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British crops still sprayed with pesticides banned by EU due to cancer, fertility and fetal health warnings

Stuart Mitchell

British crops, including strawberries, onions, potatoes, barley, and wheat, are being sprayed with pesticides banned across the European Union due to serious human and environmental health risks, an investigation by Unearthed has found.  Analysis by Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative journalism unit, revealed that out of 14 chemicals banned by the EU since Brexit but still allowed in the UK, 10 were found to pose serious hazards to human health, wildlife or the environment. Among the most concerning are: Dimethomorph, sprayed on strawberries and onions, is banned in the EU due to…

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Munich Security Conference: the EU’s dependence on US gas is a security threat, Greenpeace warns

Stuart Mitchell

Greenpeace activists from Germany protested the EU’s growing dependence on US gas just as the Munich Security Conference is kicking off. With US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expected to attend the conference, activists unfurled a 15×6 metre banner reading “Break free from tyrants” atop a tower crane. On Marienplatz, only a stone’s throw from the conference site, other activists inflated 10-metre-long representations of Putin and Trump sitting on a gas tanker, to symbolise Europe’s dependence on fossil fuel imports from tyrants. Since 2022, EU-headquartered companies have signed an estimated…

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