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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22m

It is time for peace. It’s time to restore the norms of international laws that compel governments around the world to act now to end the genocide, end the famine and end their complicity.

The crews @freedomflotilla.bsky.social must be returned to their vessels and allowed to complete their mission

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22m

Once more we say: World leaders must meet their obligation to defend the right of their citizens to safe passage at sea. They must act to ensure the right to break Israel’s illegal siege to support the delivery of lifesaving medical and humanitarian aid to #Gaza.

#StopTheGenocide

Greenpeace condemns the Israeli government's illegal and forceful interception of the Thousand Maddens and Freedom Flotilla in International waters, enroute to deliver aid to the people of Gaza. World leaders must meet their obligation to defend the right of their citizens to safe passage at sea. They must act to ensure the right to break Israel's illegal siege to support the delivery of lifesaving medical and humanitarian aid. Stop the Genocide.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22m

Greenpeace condemns the Israeli government's illegal and forceful interception of the Thousand Madleens and Freedom Flotilla Coalition vessels in international waters, en route to deliver aid and support to the people of #Gaza

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2h

This is another example of governments using unconstitutional laws to silence dissent and create environmental destruction without accountability.

The struggle to protect our living spaces, forests, and future continues. 💪🌿

#toprağımızıvermiyoruz #isgalyasasiniiptalet

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2h

After this law was accepted by Parliament, olive groves in the Aegean part of the country were brutally uprooted to expand an existing coal mine.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2h

This law, also known as “super permit” law:

⚠️ Hands over lands, water, and natural resources to corporate exploitation.

⚠️ Weakens environmental impact assessments and fast-tracks destructive mining and energy projects.

⚠️ Weakens transparency in these destructive projects.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2h

Today the Turkish Constitutional Court begins reviewing one of the most dangerous laws in recent history of the country.

(👇 a thread)

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 5h

The eight plaintiffs from #Bonaire demand equal protection, and they demand the Netherlands to do their fair share in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

These people are rising up for all of us - share their story now!

#ClimateJustice

📹: @olifro.st

Bonaire Climate case: A fight for justice in Dutch court - Greenpeace International

Residents of Bonaire are demanding what should already be guaranteed: protection from the impacts of the worsening climate crisis.

www.greenpeace.org

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 5h

In July the world’s highest court confirmed what the world already knew: that states must take stronger climate action.

Now with this landmark ruling on their side, the brave people of the Dutch-Caribbean island of #Bonaire, together with @greenpeace.nl, are facing their government in court.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10h

Read the blog to know more about why this case matters:

Bonaire Climate case: A fight for justice in Dutch court - Greenpeace International

Residents of Bonaire are demanding what should already be guaranteed: protection from the impacts of the worsening climate crisis.

www.greenpeace.org

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10h

This week, Bonaire stands up to the Dutch government. 📣

Together with Greenpeace Netherlands, the people of Bonaire are demanding real protection from the climate crisis — a right that should already be guaranteed. How the court rules could shape climate accountability worldwide.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22h

Sign the petition today to help protect the Amazon >> act.gp/3XTSCtT

Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International

Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22h

The Amazon isn’t just a forest. It’s:

💚 Home to millions of Indigenous Peoples

🦋 Shelter to countless species (yes, even transparent frogs)

🌍 A life source for our entire planet—from the air we breathe to the rains that fall

When we lose the Amazon, we lose a piece of ourselves.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22h

🌱Every two days, scientists discover a new species in the Amazon rainforest. But deforestation is wiping out many before we even meet them.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22h

Do you ever feel like celebs share a little too much online? Well, move over Hollywood—there’s a new over sharer in town: a see-through frog of the Amazon🐸✨

📸 Frog Photo by Gilles Gonthier via Wikimedia Commons (licensed under CC BY 2.0)

#RespectTheAmazon

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

More info on this issue here for reference
www.greenpeace.org/usa/overpopu...

Overpopulation and Environmentalism - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

by Dakota Schee and Varsha Nair You may have heard people say, “we wouldn’t be in a climate crisis if we had fewer people on Earth.” The overpopulation narrative is an…

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

If by 'abundance philosophy' you mean that our planet can provide for everyone if limited resources are fairly distributed, we stand by that. When the richest 1% are responsible for 16% of global emissions, it's not too many people that's the problem, it's extreme overconsumption by the very few.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

A recent Greenpeace Brazil investigation links JBS, the world’s largest meat producer, to cattle raised illegally on protected Indigenous land in the Amazon.

Yet EU leaders are pushing the #EUMercosur deal that would boost such exports.

At #COP30 they must choose forests over profit.

Meat from illegal farms imported into Europe - Greenpeace

The report comes shortly after the European Commission approved the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

www.brusselstimes.com

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

Add your voice to the call for EU renewables!

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We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International

Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

Greenpeace Belgium activists just blockaded a massive LNG hub to send a clear message: people in Europe no longer accept dependency on fossil gas, whether from Russia, the USA, or anywhere else.

#StopFossilGas

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

Bonaire is part of the Netherlands, yet faces rising seas and extreme heat with little protection.

Residents of the low-lying Dutch-Caribbean island and Greenpeace Netherlands are taking the Dutch State to court, saying enough is enough.

#ClimateJustice

Residents of Bonaire and Greenpeace Netherlands sue the Dutch State for lack of climate protection - Greenpeace International

Landmark case to test how national courts interpret recent International Court's decision on states’ climate liability

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

🚨 BREAKING: Filipino climate survivors and activists just dropped a $5-trillion “Polluter’s Climate Bill” calling out the biggest oil and gas companies that keep fueling the climate crisis.

Photo by Jilson Tiu

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

During peak holiday, around 350,000 flee homes as typhoon Matmo hit the southern coast of China on Sunday afternoon.

The climate crisis leads to more frequent and severe extreme weather events.

It’s time to hold big polluters accountable.

#MakePollutersPay

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Weather tracker: Typhoon Matmo batters southern China

About 350,000 flee homes as heavy rain and winds sweep region, while Hurricane Priscilla forms near Mexico

www.theguardian.com

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 1d

The Amazon is one of our greatest hopes for a liveable future. But it faces an urgent threat from industrial-scale agriculture and illegal gold mining.⁣
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On this #WorldHabitatDay, tell world leaders to take action for forests⁣ >> act.gp/46PjfDP

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 2d

For the first time since a Kremlin crackdown on NGOs following Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine, a groundbreaking report into its war-waging authoritarianism shows that the environment is one of the few topics that still has the power to generate protest.
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It's #TimeToResist

Russia’s fossil fuel war economy drives oppression and climate breakdown – but also resistance - Greenpeace International

A new report – the most far-reaching analysis of environment and environmentalism in Russia since 2022 – shows how Putin’s regime relies on a toxic troika of extractivism, authoritarianism...

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