🌊 11 days of protest. 1 Arctic Sunrise. 16 crew members. 5 climbers. 2 kayaks. That’s what it’s taken to shake the deep sea mining industry to its core (1/5) Over the last 2 weeks, whatever the weather or time, Greenpeace International activists put themselves between the mining industry ship and the Pacific Ocean using kayaks, rhibs, and even CLIMBED the crane of the ship. (2/5)

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🚨BREAKING: Determined activists from Greenpeace International are peacefully protesting at sea, in the middle of the Pacific ocean.

Wanna know why? Here is the answer. THREAD 🧵

#StopDeepSeaMining 2/
They are here to disrupt the deep sea mining industry at sea.

Despite the oceans being one of our best allies against climate change, the deep sea mining industry wants to destroy them for profit, in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, between Hawaii and Mexico.

#StopDeepSeaMining

BREAKING: More than 100 activists from 17 countries are taking action to #BanPrivateJets at #EBACE2023, the biggest business aviation sales event in Europe and exposing the super rich’s pollution 👇🧵✈️ Activists from @Greenpeace @StayGroundedNet @ExtinctionR & @ScientistRebel1 demand #BanPrivateJets as is not tolerable that the super-rich keep having events such as #EBACE2023 to buy their private jets for their own benefit, while we know that this fuels climate breakdown

1/10 Breaking: A new study released today proposes a morally grounded methodological approach for quantifying and attributing climate reparations to major carbon producers.

Here are some takeaways👇 theguardian.com/environment/20… 2/10 The study finds the global fossil fuel industry is responsible for $23.2 trillion in expected GDP losses from climate change impacts over 2025-2050. climateaccountability.org/wp-content/upl…

1/5 Soon the world's leading climate scientists will deliver their verdict on the state of climate emergency and ways of dealing with it!

The full story of the @IPCC_CH #AR6 Climate Report will be brought together.

Here’s what we learned from the recent IPCC reports so far👇 2/5 WG1 report said climatic changes are:
- widespread & rapid
- intensifying
- unprecedented
- some already set in motion irreversible

But 1.5°C:
- is still within reach
- would substantially prevent further harm
- requires urgent action, net zero CO2

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1/8 📢🚨: Governments @UN have just agreed on a Global Ocean Treaty! 🌍

🎉 This is huge - it’s the biggest conservation victory ever! 🎉

Here’s a 🧵 on how we got here and what it means: 2/8 🌊 It’s a victory for the oceans and it’s a victory for people power.

💪Over 5 million people have joined our movement to protect the oceans. The politicians couldn’t ignore our call!

Let's #unshineSHEIN - 5 shocking facts about the #UltraFastFashion company.👇 SHEIN puts a seemingly incredible 6000 new designs online every day.

Today is #WorldFisheriesDay! A day to highlight and share our gratitude with all the incredible sustainable fisheries and small-scale fishers around the world, working and living in reciprocity with our oceans, lakes, and rivers. Today we celebrate you all! (1/4) The health of our planet’s oceans is essential to the balance that sustains all life on Earth. A widespread adoption of sustainable practices can have far reaching benefits for people and the planet (2/4)

BREAKING: World leaders are on the brink of failing our oceans. Talks at the UN look set to end in deadlock because of greed.

Govts are fighting over hypothetical future profits they could make from the ocean over protecting it.

Here's a thread to explain why 🧵
#IGC5 Countries like USA, Canada and EU are being greedy.

They’re prioritising hypothetical future profits from Marine Genetics Resources over protecting the oceans. This is undermining all the progress made on the Treaty text on Marine Protected Areas

#IGC5 #ProtectTheOceans

"Climate justice should not be a privilege. It's a fundamental human right." - Sylvia Wu, legal coordinator at Greenpeace Taiwan [1/11] “My name is Sylvia Wu. As a legal professional, I aspire to use my legal knowledge to bring about positive changes.

In February of 2021, we filed the first climate litigation in Taiwan, Greenpeace East Asia and others v. Ministry of Economic Affairs. [2/11]

🚨In the midst of wars and global crises, European governments are driving us deeper into fossil fuel addiction by cutting fuel taxes to lower prices at the petrol pump.

A thread ⤵️🧵

#StopFuellingWar What curbing fuel prices and general VAT reductions on petrol/diesel really mean:

🚨Deeper fossil fuel dependency
🌎A devastating impact on the climate
⚠️Social inequalities increasing
💶Favouring wealthier households

transportenvironment.org/discover/taxpa…

#SuezCanal: a 'mega ship' (longer than the Eiffel Tower) is blocking a major trade route after being blown off course by a gust of wind.

Every day it blocks around 50 cargo ships.

It has also affected oil prices.

A thread ⤵️

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aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3… It points to the absurdities of our current trade system.

We are sending these monster ships, filled with either too much or nothing at all, around the world.

greenpeace.org/international/…

#SuezCanal (2/7)