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Peaceful Greenpeace climate protesters released after 20 days of imprisonment without trial

Danish police today released from custody four Greenpeace climate protesters after 20 days in prison

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BASIC countries call for acceleration of UN climate Convention process

Posted on 27 January 2010

Greenpeace welcomes the position taken by Ministers of the BASIC group of countries (Brazil, China, India and South Africa), who met yesterday in New Delhi, to continue negotiations on a fair and ambitious climate agreement within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Continue Reading

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Peaceful Greenpeace protesters face Christmas in jail for joining the Heads of State banquet during Copenhagen climate talks

Posted on 20 December 2009

Greenpeace today staged a candle-lit vigil outside Vestre Fængsel (prison), in Copenhagen, calling for the immediate release of four of its activists who face spending Christmas in a Danish jail. Three of the activists took part in the peaceful protest at the Danish Queen’s Heads of State dinner, last Thursday, during the Copenhagen Climate Summit. Continue Reading

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A Black Day for the World

Posted on 19 December 2009

Global leaders have today failed to act to avert catastrophic climate change, says Greenpeace. A weak outcome has so-far emerged from the UN climate talks. The deal is not ambitious, unfair, not legally binding and likely to put the world on a path to at least a 3C temperature rise. Continue Reading

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Climate change: Failure is not an option

Posted on 19 December 2009

Like tens of millions of people around the world who have been working so long and so hard for a fair, ambitious and legally binding (FAB) treaty to come out of the Copenhagen climate summit, I held on to my hope until the very end. My hope our leaders would stop talking and start acting. That they would agree a treaty to avert the threat of climate catastrophe. Continue Reading

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Former presidential hopefull Senator John Kerry at Copenhagen

Posted on 17 December 2009

We all know about Al Gore’s campaign against climate change, but former presidential candidate John Kerry added his voice: “If Dick Cheney can argue that even a 1% chance of a terrorist attack is 100% justification for preemptive action—then surely, when scientists tell us that climate change is nearly a 100% certainty, we ought to be able to stand together, all of us, and join in an all out effort to combat a mortal threat to the life of this planet.” Continue Reading

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Poll: Americans want strong climate treaty at Copenhagen

Posted on 15 December 2009

A new poll commissioned by global campaign network Avaaz.org in the middle of the Copenhagen climate negotiations shows widespread American support for the Obama administration to lead the world to a real climate deal in Copenhagen. Continue Reading

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