Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
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Driven by deepening reforms, Shenzhen is powering China’s innovation engine, with its GDP growing 5.5% annually from 2020 to 2024 and R&D spending surging 48% from 2020 to 2023. The city has also led the nation in industrial output and value added for three consecutive years, said its mayor at a Thursday press conference.
Source: Reserve Bank of India
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Source: Samsung
The Galaxy Ring is a revolutionary addition to Samsung’s wearable line-up, set to redefine how users can track and optimise their wellness using technology. Designed to offer more than just fitness tracking, the Galaxy Ring integrates seamlessly with your smartphone, ensuring an elevated user experience, whether you’re using a Galaxy device or other smartphones.
Compatibility Across Platforms
While the Galaxy Ring offers full integration with Samsung’s vast ecosystem, it is also designed with compatibility in mind for other smartphones. For users of other platforms or operating systems, the Galaxy Ring will offer limited functionality, much like the current Galaxy Watch. Users can expect to receive notifications, track basic health data, and benefit from other core features, although some advanced functionalities may be restricted when compared to its use with Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
Unmatched Integration with the Samsung Galaxy Ecosystem
For those within the Samsung ecosystem, the Galaxy Ring offers a highly connected experience, effortlessly syncing with devices like the Galaxy Buds, Samsung SmartThings, and Bixby. Whether you’re adjusting your smart home devices or controlling your music through your Galaxy Ring, the synergy across devices enhances your daily routine and helps you stay more connected than ever before.
Comprehensive Health and Fitness App Integration
As a health-focused wearable, the Galaxy Ring is designed to sync seamlessly with Samsung’s Health app, Google Fit, and a variety of third-party fitness apps. The device’s integration with these platforms ensures users can track a broad range of health metrics, from activity levels to sleep patterns. Samsung is also committed to delivering future software updates, expanding app compatibility, and providing enhanced features as the Galaxy Ring evolves.
Revolutionise Your Sleep Routine
More than just another sleep tracker, the Galaxy Ring is your personal sleep assistant. Equipped with Samsung Health, the Galaxy Ring offers tailored sleep suggestions based on your unique sleep patterns, habits, and conditions. By analysing both your sleep quality and daily routines, it recommends the most suitable bedtime to ensure you get the rest you deserve. This device goes beyond basic sleep analysis by providing actionable insights for improving sleep hygiene. It suggests optimal bedtimes and tracks sleep quality to help users establish healthy routines. Plus, with snore detection capabilities, you’ll be able to assess your sleep environment and discover how to address potential disruptions.
The Galaxy Ring offers personalised Sleep Scores, a comprehensive assessment of your sleep quality. By evaluating various factors, such as how long you stay in deep sleep versus lighter stages, the ring provides suggestions on how to improve your nightly rest, empowering you to make data-driven decisions for better sleep health.
Regular Software Updates for Long-Term Value
Samsung’s commitment to providing continuous software updates guarantees that the Galaxy Ring will remain up-to-date with the latest features, enhancements, and security patches. With the assurance of regular software upgrades, users can enjoy an ever-improving experience that aligns with the latest in wearable technology.
You can get the Samsung Galaxy Ring in Samsung stores, online, the Samsung Shop App, as well as participating retailers and operators, at a recommended retail price of R7,999[1].
[1]Recommended Retail Price Only. Prices may vary per retailer.
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments
Ambassador Holland calls out Russia’s victimhood narrative, which is inconsistent with the facts. The UK stands firmly and unapologetically with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s aggression.
Thank you, Madam Chair. We listened carefully to the statements made by the Russian Federation at last week’s Permanent Council. The esteemed Russian representative noted then the OSCE “remains almost the only forum in the pan-European space where an equal and inclusive exchange of views is still possible.”
The United Kingdom also values this forum for that reason. If we are willing to use it, the OSCE provides a platform for risk reduction, cooperation and confidence-building. And using these capacities to the maximum extent possible would fulfil the shared responsibility we took on for the security of the OSCE region that we took on in Helsinki in 1975.
The signing of the Helsinki Final Act marked a pivotal moment when all participating States agreed to move beyond zero-sum security, which bred so many conflicts of the past. Reflecting this sentiment, Leonid Brezhnev told the 1975 Helsinki conference that the OSCE could “strengthen European and international security and develop mutually advantageous co-operation”.
A lot has been said in recent weeks about trust, which is essential for such advantageous cooperation. As we look ahead to Helsinki in late July, we must recognise that we build trust in this place when we speak truthfully and uphold the OSCE’s founding documents, including the Helsinki Final Act. However, trust is eroded by unfounded assertions and the selective reinterpretation of the commitments in those documents.
Last week, the Russian Federation made several unsubstantiated claims about the United Kingdom in this Council. So, let me deal with these assertions and ask a couple of questions of my own in the hope of some direct answers.
The UK does not seek military tension and regional instability to further our economic objectives. In fact, I think most economists would argue that conflict is bad for economies overall. The UK’s aims for Ukraine are guided by our desire to achieve peace. We believe in upholding the fundamental norms that underpin our shared security, including the sovereign equality of states. We do so through our actions as well as our words. The Russian Federation regularly reference the concepts of non-interference and inviolability of borders. The question I would put to them is how invading their peaceful neighbour lives up to these concepts.
The Russian Federation also accused the UK of using their war of aggression to militarise its economy and prepare for war. Now it is true that the UK plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, and to 3% in the next Parliament. But I would have thought the reasons for doing so were obvious. We are increasing defence spending to deter war in the face of Russia’s increasing belligerence – not to provoke it. And we are taking on more responsibility for security in Europe, which faces a more serious and less predictable future because of the Kremlin’s actions. The hypocrisy of this allegation is of course that Russia’s military spending now exceeds 32% of their national budget. It is truly a war economy. My request to the Russian delegation is that they explain what response they expected from the European countries in the face of such rapid militarisation in a country that so regularly threatens its neighbours and whose recent history is one of breaching Helsinki commitments on borders and sovereignty?
Madam Chair, the assertions made about my country reflect a broader narrative of Russian state victimhood that is inconsistent with the facts. The full-scale invasion of another country, illegal annexations, the targeting of civilians and the persistent obstruction of peace are not the actions of a victim – they are the actions of an aggressor. Our support for Ukraine, like our support for the OSCE’s mandate and principles, comes from our interest in upholding mutually agreed rules, including rules Russia has agreed to uphold. This is why the UK stands firmly and unapologetically with Ukraine in the face of this aggression.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a keynote at the Green Hydrogen Summit in Century City, Cape Town. The summit brings together African energy Ministers, policymakers and investors to explore opportunities in green hydrogen production, infrastructure development, and export potential.
Source: Government of India
Source: Government of India (4)
An Air India plane crashed near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday, airline and police officials said.
According to Gujarat State Police Control Room, the Air India Flight AI 171 was bound for London.
The plane was headed to London’s Gatwick airport in the UK, Air India said.
“At this moment, we are ascertaining the details and will share further updates,” Air India said on X.
Thick plumes of smoke were visible at the crash site, and fire tenders were rushed to the spot immediately after the incident.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state Home Minister, and Ahmedabad Police Commissioner regarding the crash. According to ANI, Shah assured full support and assistance from the central government.
(With inputs from agencies)
Source: Government of India
Source: Government of India (4)
There has been a surge in private investments in the last 11 years, with Indian startups and emerging entities attracting significant private funding to the tune of over $150 billion in the past decade, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
More than Rs 22,900 crore have been invested in over 1,270 startups via the government’s Fund of Funds for Startups scheme.
“India is embracing technology like no other! This digital transformation is the outcome of the forward-looking vision and timely policy interventions under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Every section of society and every aspect of life has been positively impacted by 11 years of Digital India,” Goyal said in a post on social media platform X.
IP filings by the domestic startups surged from 2017 to 2024, with over 355 per cent growth in patents and more than 543 per cent growth in trademarks.
India now ranks 39th globally on the ‘Global Innovation Index 2024’.
Goyal said he is proud to witness the profound impact of PM Narendra Modi’s revolutionary initiative ‘Startup India’ on boosting innovation and enterprise in the country.
“The remarkable talent of our youth and women is powering this revolution and driving India’s economic growth with unparalleled vigour,” he mentioned.
India has become the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world, with more than 1.5 lakh startups and over 100 unicorns.
“11 years of Digital India has empowered every citizen with seamless services, financial access, and last-mile connectivity,” said Minister of State for Commerce and Electronics and IT, Jitin Prasada.
The digital revolution, which began 11 years ago, is entrenched in almost every policy-making and public welfare scheme delivery with elaborate plans on how to bring benefits to the poor, downtrodden and marginalised sections.
Prime Minister Modi took to X on Thursday and wrote about “leveraging the power of technology in bringing innumerable benefits for people”.
“Service delivery and transparency have been greatly boosted. Technology has become a means of empowering the lives of the poorest of the poor,” he further said.
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Source: St Albans City and District
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St Albans City and District Council’s planning department has had its designated status lifted by the Government after a dramatic improvement in performance.
The Council was designated in March last year because it was not processing enough planning applications for non-major developments within a set time.
Applications were being decided within the recommended period on 68.2% of occasions – slightly below the 70% threshold required to avoid a designation notice.
The Council responded with a review of the service, the production of an action plan and the introduction of new software.
As a result, the on-time application rate has soared to 84.9% and the designation status removed by the Housing and Planning Minister.
Councillor Jacqui Taylor, Vice-Chair of the Planning Policy and Climate Committee, said:
I am delighted that we have been de-designated.
It is the result of a great deal of hard work by our planning officers to improve our performance and we have surpassed the threshold by an impressive margin.
This significant and sustained improvement is the result of giving our planners the tools to do their job more efficiently and effectively.
We will now continue to provide a first-class service for our residents and businesses in the years to come.
Non-major developments include applications by householders, for change of use or minor applications.
The latter are applications for up to nine homes or on a site less than half a hectare. For commercial projects, it is for floor space less than 1,000 square metres or a site area less than one hectare.
Contact for the media: John McJannet, Principal Communications Officer, 01727 819533, john.mcjannet@stalbans.gov.uk.
Source: City of Portsmouth
Organised by Portsmouth City Council in partnership with Hampshire Fare, the Queens Hotel, and Portsmouth Distillery, Eat the Island marked the official launch of the Southsea Food Festival. The event offered a unique platform for producers, retailers, and hospitality venues to explore new partnerships and strengthen the local supply chain.
Cllr Steve Pitt, Leader of Portsmouth City Council with responsibilities for economic development, said:
“Eat the Island is creating real momentum for Portsmouth’s food and drink businesses. We’re seeing more venues sourcing locally and producers expanding their reach both within the city and beyond. Events like this are key to building a resilient, connected local economy.
”It was inspiring to speak to so many thriving local businesses at the event, and also encourage them to think of any products they might want to produce next year to mark Portsmouth’s 100-year anniversary as a city in 2026.”
Attendees enjoyed product showcases from local producers, alongside opportunities to network and share ideas. The event also featured short talks highlighting success stories and practical insights into sourcing local.
Source: City of Plymouth
Plymouth City Council has taken the decision to cancel a venue booking made by a campaign group advocating for a Directly Elected Mayor, which was intended for a public information meeting.
It is important to note that the legislation for referendums is very different to an election. The decision to cancel the booking was made in accordance with the legal obligations placed on the Council under the Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) Regulations 2012 and the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity (2011). These regulations strictly limit the role of the Council in the period leading up to a referendum, particularly in relation to the use of Council resources.
Under Regulation 4 of the Referendum Regulations, the Council must not support or appear to support any campaign or position. The Code of Practice further advises that local authorities should not issue or facilitate any publicity that could be seen as seeking to influence voters, this includes suspending the hosting of material produced by third parties, or closing public forums. This means that Council owned and controlled premises must not be used for Campaign meetings of any kind.
While we fully support open democratic debate, the use of Council venues for campaign-related events—particularly those promoting a specific outcome—could be perceived as a breach of these impartiality requirements. Bookings for closed, private meetings or office based meetings are not impacted by the legislation.
To maintain the integrity of the referendum process and ensure a level playing field for all parties, the Council must act with strict neutrality. We appreciate the understanding of all campaign groups and members of the public as we uphold these important legal and ethical standards.
Source: Channel Islands – Jersey
The Government of Jersey has published its full response to the Arcadis Hydrogeological Risk Assessment Report on the current state of PFAS in surface water and groundwater around Jersey airport.
The Minister for the Environment fully accepts the majority of the report’s recommendations and has already begun implementing key actions:
The independent report by Arcadis, a world leading environmental consultancy, assessed PFAS across the St Ouen’s Bay and Upper Pont Marquet areas, and found that the extent of affected groundwater near the airport (the “plume area”) is larger than previously understood.
There is no immediate risk to the health of the broader population, as Jersey Water do not draw water from these impacted catchment areas for public water supply.
The report evaluates and shortlists a wide range of remediation options for the affected soil, groundwater and surface water.
The Minister for the Environment, Deputy Steve Luce, said: “This independent report gives us the clearest picture yet of PFAS in groundwater and surface water around the airport.
“I have fully accepted the majority of the report’s recommendations and decisive action is already underway. If necessary, I am prepared to use regulatory powers to ensure progress is made at the pace we need to protect our environment and public health.
“I want to reassure Islanders that there is no immediate risk to public health. Our public water supply continues to meet EU and UK standards for PFAS levels, and Jersey Water has already taken steps to avoid drawing from impacted sources.”
Deputy Luce will be hosting a public meeting at 6 pm on Wednesday 18 June to hear Islanders’ views and answer questions.
Source: City of Leeds
Leeds City Council has launched a consultation on refreshed planning guidance for the future regeneration of land surrounding the Elland Road football stadium, which could deliver a multi-billion pound boost to the city’s economy including potentially up to 2,000 new homes along with major leisure and commercial opportunities.
The council is consulting on the ‘Elland Road 2025 Informal Planning Statement’, a document which will guide the future regeneration of around 30 acres of land surrounding the football stadium which is principally owned by the council.
If the refreshed guidance is agreed, the land could be transformed with the potential for as many as 2,000 new homes alongside high quality public realm and facilities which are integrated with the surrounding existing communities.
The draft document outlines other uses that could be acceptable including major new leisure opportunities such as a community sports arena, hotel accommodation, and workspaces, following the internationally-recognised trend of using sport and football stadiums as a major catalyst for regeneration and investment. There is also the potential for educational facilities linked to sport, health and wellbeing.
The proposals outline the future relocation of the temporary park and ride currently at the site and how, subject to demand being evidenced, one or more multi-storey car parks could be permitted.
The land has been allocated for development for a number of years. The previous guidance for the land was adopted in 2007. The refreshed vision and ambitions reflect changes and developments in the local area, including Leeds United’s proposed stadium expansion, and also across the economy and wider city.
Deputy Leader and executive member for economy, transport and sustainable development, Councillor Jonathan Pryor, said: “Our proposals for Elland Road represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity of national significance to create a new neighbourhood, carefully integrated within South Leeds, which will deliver new homes, create jobs and provide major leisure opportunities, along with community and educational facilities that will benefit new and existing communities.
“Delivering a new neighbourhood of this size and scale will provide a further boost to our city’s ever-growing economy, accommodating the continuing demand for residential and commercial development across the city, at one of our most strategically significant gateway sites which has been earmarked for development for many years.
“With recent momentum such as the stadium expansion progressing, and many changes in Leeds since we first adopted planning guidance over 17 years ago, it is right that we take the opportunity to refresh the vision for this area. We strongly encourage residents, businesses and any interested party to participate in the consultation to help shape the updated proposals.”
The site has been utilised as a temporary park and ride and is used for matchday car parking as a meanwhile use pending redevelopment proposals. The proposals outline how the park and ride facility could be relocated, alongside also potentially allowing one or more multi-storey car parks to be built on the land subject to demand being demonstrated. These could serve the local community and visitors to the area on matchdays and non-matchdays.
Development of the site would take up to 20 years from start on-site to completion, and changes to parking provision would be phased and carefully considered to ensure the local highway network can function on matchdays and avoiding any adverse impact on neighbouring communities.
The council will be writing to local residents shortly to understand what their experiences are regarding parking issues in their area and whether some parking restrictions could be introduced to help address any local concerns.
Alongside phased changes to car parking provision, the proposals also highlight how the council will improve connectivity between Elland Road and the city so improvements to walking and cycling routes make it easier and more attractive for people to choose active and sustainable methods of travel.
The council has published its proposals online at https://ellandroadneighbourhood.commonplace.is/ as part of a consultation where residents, businesses and stakeholders can find out more information and provide feedback.
There will also be a series of community events where people can view the proposals and discuss them with council officers.
Following consultation, feedback would be considered when finalising the proposals. It would be the intention for the document to be adopted by the council’s executive board at a future meeting.
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments 2
The record funding announced this week shows the UK government’s firm commitment to clean, sustainable energy in Nottinghamshire.
STEP Tokamak with burning plasma, front view. Image credit: UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd.
A record £2.5 billion of additional funding has been announced this week by the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to support the development of the world’s first fusion power plant.
The new prototype plant, known as STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) will be built at the site of the former West Burton A coal power station near Retford and Gainsborough. The site was chosen by the government in 2022 as the location for the project, with the project’s delivery expected to create over 10,000 jobs ranging from construction to operations. The announcement shows the government’s firm commitment to becoming a “clean energy superpower” by turbocharging innovation in an area that’s produced conventional power for generations.
A groundbreaking and world-first scientific endeavour, STEP works by combining hydrogen gases, deuterium and tritium, which are heated to over 150 million degrees Celsius and confined within a powerful magnetic field. The energy produced can then be used to create steam, to turn a turbine, generating electricity – just like in any conventional power plant.
Paul Methven CB, CEO of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions, the body responsible for delivering the STEP prototype fusion energy power plant, warmly welcomed the additional funding and said:
The UK is the world leader in fusion energy research today, and STEP is the beacon programme that aims to take fusion from research to commercial success, generating high quality jobs, multiple spin offs and boosting the economy nationally and in the East Midlands where we will build the first plant.
Securing a global lead in such a vital new technology requires bold action; the government has rightly been bold today and we look forward to delivering the practical steps that will realise the vision of the UK leading in this exciting new sector.
The end of coal power in Nottinghamshire was marked by the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in late 2024. With the creation of STEP in West Burton, Nottinghamshire’s “Megawatt Valley” will continue to be at the heart of the UK’s energy production – whilst leading the world in creating the green, sustainable energy of the future.
The record-breaking £2.5 billion of additional funding announced this week shows the government’s firm commitment to fusion as a core part of our future energy mix, and to this significant investment in the economy in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands.
During a recent visit to the UK’s Fusion Research Campus at Culham, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband commented:
After scientists first theorised over 70 years ago that it could be possible, we are now within grasping distance of unlocking the power of the sun and providing families with secure, clean, unlimited energy.
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Group, responsible for the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme to deliver the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant.
Targeting first operations in 2040, UKIFS will lead STEP’s integrated delivery team to design and build the prototype fusion energy plant at West Burton, a former coal-fired power station site in Nottinghamshire.
To sign-up for updates about STEP, visit: step.ukaea.uk or follow our social channels @STEPtoFusion.
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments 3
France, Germany, the UK and United States (the Quad) delivered a joint statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board meeting introducing a resolution on Iran’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement.
Thank you, Chair.
On behalf of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we express our sincere gratitude to Director General Grossi and to his team for their patient and exhaustive efforts to verify Iran’s implementation of its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement required under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and to clarify the critical safeguards issues that have been outstanding for more than six years. Unfortunately, as a result of Iran’s long-time failure to cooperate in resolving these issues, the Agency is not able to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.
Since 2019, Iran has had every opportunity to provide the required, technically credible explanations in response to the IAEA’s questions, which relate to Iran’s core legal obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. Regrettably, though, Iran has again refused to engage constructively with the IAEA to provide such explanations, despite multiple requests by the Board to do so since 2020.
Now, at this Board’s request, Director General Grossi has produced a comprehensive and updated assessment of the possible presence or use of undeclared nuclear material in connection with past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program, addressing the Agency’s ability to verify Iran’s implementation of its safeguards obligations.
The Director General’s report speaks for itself in describing the full extent of the outstanding safeguards issues in Iran, their connection with Iran’s past nuclear activities, and Iran’s extensive record of obstruction, concealment, deception, and obfuscation in its approach to the work of the IAEA and the implementation of its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.
The report makes clear that:
Iran has refused to declare nuclear material and nuclear-related activities at three undeclared locations in Iran.
Until the early 2000s, those locations and possibly others formed part of Iran’s undeclared structured nuclear program.
Iran retained, at Turquzabad, up until 2018, unknown nuclear material and/or heavily contaminated equipment and other assets arising from various locations, the whereabouts of which remain unknown to the Agency.
These locations, as well as several others, were sanitized through various means, including the wholesale demolition of buildings, at key times in the IAEA’s investigation and despite direct requests by the Agency to preserve them.
In addition, the Director General’s report underscores that:
Iran is the only country that is not meeting its obligations related to the implementation of the modified Code 3.1, which it accepted in 2003, even as Iran talks openly about constructing new nuclear facilities. As the Agency has recalled multiple times, the modified Code 3.1 is a legal obligation for Iran under the Subsidiary Arrangements to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. Iran cannot unilaterally modify or suspend implementation of these Subsidiary Arrangements.
Iran is the only State in the world without nuclear weapons that is producing and accumulating uranium enriched to 60%, which has potential proliferation implications.
There have been repeated statements by former high-level officials in Iran related to Iran having the capability to manufacture nuclear weapons, which continue to provide concerns.
The report’s overall assessment is alarming: as a result of Iran’s failure to cooperate with the IAEA, the Director General cannot rule out that nuclear material remains unaccounted for and outside of safeguards in Iran today and he cannot provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. These serious findings should give all of us pause.
Chair,
Given the issues reported by the Director General and Iran’s ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and United States are bringing forward a resolution for the Board’s consideration finding Iran in noncompliance with its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. Our resolution contains the following main points:
First, it expresses continued, strong support for the Agency’s professional and impartial efforts in carrying out its mandate to verify the implementation of Iran’s safeguards obligations.
Second, it deeply regrets that Iran has failed to co-operate fully with the Agency, as required by its safeguards agreement.
Third, it finds Iran in non-compliance with its obligations under its Safeguards Agreement with the Agency in the context of Article XII.C of the Agency’s Statute.
Fourth, it also finds that the Director General’s inability to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful gives rise to questions that are within the competence of the United Nations Security Council, as the organ bearing the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, consistent with Article III.B.4 of the Agency’s Statute.
Fifth, it calls upon Iran to urgently remedy its non-compliance with its Safeguards Agreement by taking all steps deemed necessary by the Agency and the Board, and reaffirms its decision that Iran must urgently act to ensure verification of the non-diversion of nuclear material and abide by its legal obligation to implement modified Code 3.1.
Chair,
The resolution defers the timing and content of the report that the Board is required to take pursuant to the IAEA Statute. We hope that Iran takes this final opportunity to provide full and immediate cooperation with the IAEA so that the Director General can report that these matters have been clarified and resolved, and so that the Board can swiftly consider action to find that Iran’s non-compliance has been remedied.
We do not take this step lightly. The Board of Governors has given Iran every opportunity over the past six years to resolve questions related to undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran. We firmly believe that all IAEA Member States must work together to uphold the integrity of the IAEA safeguards system and the broader nuclear nonproliferation regime, and this shared responsibility includes holding states accountable to their obligations under their NPT-required safeguards agreements. Simply put: the facts are clear, the legal basis is ironclad, and the action is long overdue. That is why we strongly urge all Board members to support this important resolution.
We understand there are questions about how this resolution may impact separate, ongoing diplomatic efforts with Iran. The IAEA Statute is clear on the Board’s authority to act and find non-compliance when a state is not complying with its obligations under its safeguards agreement. Iran’s legally binding obligation to implement its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement cannot be subject to separate political considerations. This resolution will not undermine diplomatic efforts with Iran – it will only strengthen them. It underscores the importance of Iran’s full cooperation with the IAEA, and its full implementation of its legal safeguards obligations, as the necessary foundation for any enduring agreement that addresses international concerns related to Iran’s nuclear activities. The Director General’s comprehensive report echoes this essential point.
We also regret that Iran, instead of providing the full cooperation required by its safeguards agreement, has continued to threaten escalation and confrontation. However, let us be clear: this resolution is not an act of escalation by the Board; it is an acknowledgement of the legal and factual reality of Iran’s noncompliance with its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement after many years of concerted effort by the Director General and the Secretariat to resolve fundamental questions related to undeclared nuclear materials and activities in Iran. It is not the Board that is forcing this step on Iran, but Iran who is forcing this step on the Board.
Chair,
The Board cannot be intimidated into inaction by Iran’s threats. A failure to act would only embolden Iran’s continued non-cooperation and escalation. Iran has an opportunity it can and should seize – an opportunity to cooperate meaningfully with the IAEA to finally answer the serious and longstanding questions raised by the Director General.
With these thoughts, we encourage all members of this Board to join us today in upholding the nonproliferation regime.
Thank you, Chair.
Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements
• Environment Secretary Steve Reed has brought business leaders and investors together to scale up private investment in nature
Woods and fields
Government launches Call for Evidence on boosting private sector investment in nature recovery, delivering a key recommendation of the Corry Review.
Action supports the Government’s aims to secure long-term economic growth and environmental health as part of the Plan for Change.
Environment Secretary Steve Reed champions private investment in nature recovery as the government launches a new call for evidence (12 June).
Speaking to leading figures from financial institutions, property, retail and sustainability sectors at a roundtable event in London, the Environment Secretary emphasised the importance of fostering partnerships between the public and private sectors to support economic growth while powering nature recovery.
Businesses across the UK, whether in food and agriculture, construction, finance, or retail, rely on a healthy natural environment to operate, grow and innovate.
Whether powering our industries, safeguarding our food security or protecting public health, over half of global GDP is highly or moderately dependent upon nature. England’s natural capital is valued at £1.4 trillion and generates over £35 billion worth of economic benefits annually excluding oil and gas, more than any single manufacturing sector.
That is why more private sector investment in nature recovery is vital. To help deliver that increased investment a new government Call for Evidence has launched today seeking ideas from business and investors – delivering a key recommendation of the Corry Review and the commitments made in the Land Use Framework consultation.
“Nature is essential to strong and sustained economic growth, which is this Government’s highest priority.
“Private investment will help us to protect and restore our natural environment while creating new economic opportunities as part of the Plan for Change.
“This is an exciting opportunity to hear from businesses, investors, and other stakeholders on how we can work together to increase investment in nature.”
“Unlocking the billions needed for UK nature restoration hinges on effective revenue models. UK businesses, as buyers of environmental outcomes, are crucial in creating those revenue models, and we’re looking forward to supporting Defra in better understanding how we can encourage and support business engagement.”
“As the UK’s largest infrastructure finance provider, we know how blended finance can help deliver a step change in private investment to drive sustainable growth. We welcome the Government’s ambition on nature markets and the opportunity to establish the UK as a global leader in this important area. Robust standards, reliable data and long-term policy direction are key to building confidence in the investment case for nature and can place it at the heart of UK growth.”
The roundtable, hosted by Lloyds Banking Group and led in partnership with the Green Finance Institute (GFI), brought together leaders from across finance and business, including leaders from Aviva Investors, Barclays, Barratt Homes and more.
Defra will partner with the GFI to engage businesses on the call for evidence and wider nature finance priorities –alongside ongoing work with UK businesses to implement the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).
Promoting investment opportunities in nature creates opportunities for business growth across multiple sectors, including farmers looking to diversify their revenues, agri-food businesses securing supply chain resilience, insurers and water companies reducing costs from floods, droughts, and pollution, developers managing climate and environmental risks to new homes and infrastructure, as well as growth in the tourism and recreational sectors.
The meeting also discussed the next steps for the Big Nature Impact Fund, the Defra-backed public-private blended impact fund for nature. Finance Earth will act as sole fund manager and will begin fund-raising soon. The Fund will invest in woodland creation, peatland restoration and other habitat creation projects that aim to maximise social and environmental impact by funding the right activity in the right place.
The Call for Evidence will be open for responses until 10 August 2025.
· For more information on the Call for Evidence, visit:
· In March, The British Standards Institution launched the Government-backed Nature Investment Standards, which will help nature-friendly investments across the UK to grow by building confidence among investors: New world-leading nature finance standards launched to encourage green investment – GOV.UK
· In April, the Government launched a consultation on how to raise the integrity of Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets, which is open for responses until 10th July: Voluntary carbon and nature markets: raising integrity – consultation document (accessible webpage) – GOV.UK
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BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese residents made 64.59 billion interregional trips in 2024, up 5.4 percent year on year, according to the 2024 Transportation Development Statistics Report released by the Ministry of Transport on Thursday.
According to the report, 4.31 billion trips were made on the country’s railways, 59.29 billion on roads, 260 million on waterways and 730 million on air transport, respectively, during the year.
Total commercial freight volume in 2024 was 56.88 billion tons. During the year, 193.68 billion parcels were delivered by mail, of which just over 175 billion were handled by express delivery services.
By the end of 2024, the total length of railways in operation in China reached 162,000 km, including 48,000 km of high-speed railways. In addition, the country has 5.49 million km of highways, including 190,700 high-speed roads, 128,700 km of inland waterways, and 263 civil aviation airports.
The data in the report also showed that in 2024, the volume of investment in fixed assets in the transport sector was nearly 3.8 trillion yuan (approximately 529 billion US dollars), including 850.6 billion yuan in rail transport and 2.58 trillion yuan in road transport. -0-
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BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Thursday backed pledges by some automakers to pay their suppliers within 60 days, saying the move would benefit industrial and supply chains.
On Tuesday, 17 leading Chinese automakers, including China FAW Group Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd., and SERES Group, pledged to make payments to their component suppliers within two months. The IIM noted that due to growing competition in China’s new energy vehicle market, pressure has shifted from automakers to supply chain participants in the auto industry, leading to longer payment terms for suppliers and creating cash flow constraints.
The promises are expected to boost cooperation between automakers and auto parts manufacturers, and greatly promote the healthy and stable development of China’s automobile industry, the IIM said.
The IIM stated its readiness to continue to maintain long-term, stable partnerships between automakers and companies involved in the supply chain, as well as to encourage innovation and coordinated development of all enterprises involved in this area, regardless of their size.
“We will continue to work to enhance the resilience and safety of production and supply chains, and make new contributions to the development of the global automobile industry,” the ministry spokesman said.
China’s new energy automobile industry is now at a critical stage of high-quality development, the official said, calling on all sectors to work together to create a “positive, civilized and orderly environment” for the industry’s development.
In the first five months of this year, sales of new energy vehicles in China rose 44 percent year-on-year to 5.61 million units, accounting for 44 percent of the country’s total new vehicle sales in the same period, according to the latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
The data also showed that China’s auto exports in January-May this year rose 7.9 percent year-on-year to 2.49 million units, including 855,000 new energy vehicles, up 64.6 percent year-on-year. -0-
Source: World Food Programme
JUBA, South Sudan – The population in two counties in South Sudan are at-risk of famine in the coming months, as conflict in Upper Nile state escalates, destroying homes, disrupting livelihoods, and impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The latest update by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) shows a deterioration in food and nutrition conditions in areas of South Sudan hit by fighting in the last few months. In Upper Nile state, people in 11 of the 13 counties are now facing emergency levels of hunger.
Of extreme concern are Nasir and Ulang counties in Upper Nile, where people are deemed to be at-risk of famine, in the worst-case scenario. These areas have faced intense clashes and aerial bombardments that began in March, leading to large scale displacement. Some 32,000 people are in Catastrophic (IPC Phase 5) hunger conditions in Upper Nile state, more than three times the previous projection.
Other parts of the country that have been spared from the conflict have seen improvements, with food security classification shifting from emergency (IPC Phase 4) to crisis (IPC Phase 3) – linked in some areas to better crop production and in others to sustained humanitarian interventions. This highlights the positive impact stability can have on food security.
Nonetheless, 7.7 million people (57 percent of the population) continue to face acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+), and there have been persistent pockets of catastrophic hunger (IPC Phase 5) in South Sudan in recent years, with conflict as a core driver. The last time famine was confirmed in South Sudan was in 2017.
“South Sudan cannot afford to sink into conflict at this point in time. It will plunge already vulnerable communities into severe food insecurity, leading to widespread hunger as farmers will be prevented from working on their land,” said Meshack Malo, Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in South Sudan. “Improvement from IPC Phase 4 to IPC Phase 3, in ten counties, is clear testament of the dividends of peace”
Humanitarian access in the conflict-affected areas remains severely constrained, leaving vulnerable communities without vital support during the lean season, amid ongoing conflict and displacement. The report also found that 66 percent (1.04 million people) of Upper Nile state’s population are now facing Crisis (IPC Phase 3), Emergency (IPC Phase 4), or Catastrophic (IPC Phase 5) levels of hunger.
“Once again, we are seeing the devastating impact conflict has on food security in South Sudan,” said Mary-Ellen McGroarty, Country Director and Representative for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in South Sudan. “Conflict doesn’t just destroy homes and livelihoods, it tears communities apart, cuts off access to markets, and sends food prices spiraling upward. Long-term peace is essential, but right now, it is critical our teams are able to access and safely distribute food to families caught in conflict in Upper Nile, to bring them back from the brink and prevent famine.”
Malnutrition is also surging among children and mothers amidst a cholera outbreak with three additional counties in Upper Nile and Unity states reaching the most critical levels of malnutrition classification. The number of children at risk of acute malnutrition across South Sudan has risen to 2.3 million, from 2.1 million earlier in the year – an already unprecedented number.
“These latest projections place a further 200,000 young children at high risk of malnutrition. The ongoing challenges with access in some of the most affected areas, as well as health and nutrition site closures reduce the chances of early intervention and treatment. In addition, the cholera outbreak has added to an already difficult situation, putting young lives in a precarious fight for survival,” said Noala Skinner, UNICEF’s country representative in South Sudan. “Now more than ever we need continuity and scale-up of services for prevention and treatment of malnutrition” she added.
As conflict, displacement, and disease continue to converge, humanitarian agencies are warning that the time to act is passing quickly for thousands of families in Upper Nile who are on the brink of catastrophe.
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On a quiet Tuesday evening, an ambulance pulls into Ati provincial hospital in Chad’s central Batha region. Inside are four members of a family with symptoms of diphtheria – an entirely preventable disease that has resurged across the country in recent years. Since July 2024, more than 2,700 cases have been reported, due in large part to low vaccination coverage and limited public awareness of the disease.
The mother and her three children have travelled 65 km over rough, unpaved roads to reach the hospital. In Chad, motorised transport is scarce and expensive, making a journey of this length is anything but simple. Medical staff from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are able to save the mother and two older children, but the youngest child is in a serious condition and dies a few days later.
Diphtheria is caused by a bacterium that produces a dangerous toxin. It can cause fever, respiratory distress and a swollen neck, and in severe cases can lead to organ failure and death – especially in children with pre-existing health conditions.
To help curb the epidemic and slow the spread of this disease – which was long believed to be under control in Chad – MSF has been supporting Chad’s Ministry of Public Health and Prevention by treating patients for the disease, monitoring its spread and carrying out a mass vaccination campaign to prevent more people from becoming infected. The vaccination campaign was a major logistical feat, reaching around 500,000 people across two arid regions where travel is difficult, and health centres are few and far between.
In the diphtheria treatment unit at Ati provincial hospital, 11-year-old Daoud Mahadi is slowly recovering from the disease. When his symptoms first appeared, his mother tried to treat him with traditional medicine, as there was no health centre nearby.
“We tried traditional medicine because we had no other option, but it didn’t help,” says his mother. “I watched my child grow weaker every day – he couldn’t even swallow water.” When Daoud arrived at the hospital, he was severely malnourished, weighing barely 15 kg.
The response to diphtheria in Chad comes up against a number of serious challenges, including people’s lack of knowledge about the disease, their limited access to healthcare, and the lack of treatment options.
MSF teams are also working in Moussoro hospital, in Barh-El-Gazel region, where we have been treating patients and training health workers, as well as supporting peripheral health centres to diagnose and treat people with diphtheria. Since October 2024, MSF teams in Ati and Moussoro have treated more than 1,600 patients, including 700 severe cases.
Along with our medical response, MSF has rehabilitated 20 wells across Moussoro and neighbouring Chaddra districts to improve people’s access to clean water and help prevent further outbreaks of infectious diseases.
To address the low immunisation rates that fuelled the epidemic, MSF worked with the Ministry of Public Health and Prevention to run a mass vaccination campaign targeting 300,000 people in Batha region and 200,000 people in Barh-El-Gazel region. The campaign focused on reaching remote and isolated communities, including nomadic people, and aimed to deliver the two vaccine doses required for full protection against diphtheria.
Reaching these scattered communities was one of the biggest challenges of organising the mass vaccination campaign. With communities often located far apart, in areas without passable roads, MSF deployed around 100 motorcycles and off-road vehicles to get vaccination teams and vaccines to where they were needed.
Diphtheria vaccines must be kept at a temperature of between 2°C and 8°C.
“Transporting vaccines while maintaining the cold chain in a desert climate where temperatures can hit 45°C is an enormous challenge,” said Jean Bourges, MSF head of mission. “This was a massive deployment effort, especially in a context where health infrastructure is extremely limited, and power supplies are unreliable.”
To reach nomadic communities in Batha region and gain their trust, MSF and the Ministry of Public Health and Prevention worked with the Ministry of Livestock to implement a ‘One Health’ strategy. This integrated approach – linking human, animal and environmental health – enabled teams to build up trust with communities and vaccinate people during livestock vaccination campaigns – an initiative which significantly boosted vaccination coverage for diphtheria.
As early as 2023, we warned of a resurgence of diphtheria across West Africa. Protection against this disease depends on routine immunisation programmes, which were severely disrupted after the COVID-19 pandemic, notably due to lack of funding and loss of priority.
To prevent future outbreaks, MSF continues to advocate for stronger disease surveillance and more robust vaccination programmes.
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Wednesday 30th April, 2025. To mark the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, Greenpeace UK revealed a 55m by 40m artwork on the beach outside Trump’s golf course in Scotland, ‘Trump Turnberry’, showing a giant portrait of the US President raked into the sand with the message: “Time to resist – fight the billionaire takeover”.
Pictures and drone footage of the artwork can be found here
Areeba Hamid, co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, said:
“During his first 100 days President Trump has been actively working to dismantle and weaken environmental protections and attack those who fight to protect nature and our shared climate, putting the corporate profits of his billionaire friends ahead of people and the planet. It’s time to resist the billionaire takeover of our rights and freedoms.”
The artwork took several hours to draw out in the sand overnight, by a team from arts organisation ‘Sand in Your Eye’ and Greenpeace UK.
During the Trump administration’s first 100 days the president has not only left the Paris Climate agreement and offered Alaskan wilderness to oil drilling. He has also opened up pristine marine ecosystems in the Pacific to industrial fishing and wants to launch deep sea mining in US and International waters. And he has ended investments in clean energy and instead boosted coal, oil and fossil gas by weakening regulations and removing obstacles for the fossil fuel industry.
Areeba continued:
“Trump’s biggest allies are a group of unelected billionaires, including the fossil fuel company CEOs who are knowingly burning the planet, polluting our waters, and hurting communities around the world. No one voted for these corporate bullies to end free speech, but they will stop at nothing to keep their oil and gas empire alive – even weaponising the legal system to crush dissent and silence environmental activism.”
A key weapon being used by the oligarchy against those advocating for a green, just future is SLAPP lawsuits, like the one waged against Greenpeace in the US and Greenpeace International by the fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer. In a recent verdict, a US jury found Greenpeace International and Greenpeace in the US liable for over $660 million to Energy Transfer — a company headed by billionaire and Trump donor Kelcy Warren.
Areeba added:
“For the billionaires and big oil companies this is not just another source of money. They want to silence all critics and any protests against the core issue with their business: fossil fuels that are causing the climate crisis and environmental destruction.”
Greenpeace UK activists have also been subvertising bus stops around the US embassy in Nine Elms, London, with posters carrying the same messaging.
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Contact
Greenpeace UK Press Office: press.uk@greenpeace.org or 020 7865 8255
Notes
Pictures and drone footage of the artwork in Scotland, and pictures and video of the subvertising in London, will be uploaded through the morning: https://media.greenpeace.org/Detail/27MZIFJVLMGCJ
Greenpeace UK’s previous protest at Turnberry, during Trump’s visit to the UK in 2018: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/jul/14/well-below-par-protesting-paraglider-flies-over-trumps-scotland-resort-video
Today’s protests are part of a global campaign, ‘Time to Resist’. Pictures and footage from other ‘Time to Resist’ protests in other countries will be posted here as they become available: https://media.greenpeace.org/Detail/27MZIFJVLHH00
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Commenting on Shell’s Q1 profits, Charlie Kronick, senior climate adviser for Greenpeace UK, said:
“Shell is reporting billions in profits in the same week as the Climate Change Committee has warned the UK government isn’t adequately dealing with massively costly floods, wildfires and heatwaves. It’s simply not fair to leave households and businesses to pay for flood damage and taxpayers to foot the bill for emergency response while oil giants are making a fortune. It’s their mess, and they should pay to clean it up. Ministers should bring in new taxes on big polluters and use the funds to help communities recover from extreme weather, boost emergency services and make Britain more resilient against the climate crisis Shell is fuelling.”
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Source: Greenpeace Statement –
Pictures of the Westminster rally can be found here
Today (Wednesday), a coalition of trade unions and climate groups are rallying outside Parliament to ask the Chancellor for an emergency funding package of £1.9 billion per year for North Sea workers ahead of the Spending Review. A funding package on this scale is urgently needed for oil and gas and supply chain workers to make the transition into renewable energy jobs, ensuring that workers and communities benefit, says the coalition. The group is also joined at the rally by politicians from Labour, SNP and the Green Party.
The call is endorsed by the largest union representing UK offshore workers, Unite the Union, as well as the National Union of Rail and Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), and Aberdeen’s Trades Union Councils. 65 climate groups including Greenpeace UK, Uplift, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Oil Change International, Global Justice Now, Extinction Rebellion and Platform are also part of the coalition.
The £1.9 billion emergency funding package to create permanent, unionised renewable energy jobs and support the country’s oil and gas workers to transition into them is comprised of:
As the North Sea basin’s reserves decline, the wider oil and gas sector has lost 227,000 jobs in the past 10 years. This is despite the UK government issuing roughly 400 new drilling licences over the same period, and energy companies making record-breaking profits.
The coalition outlines that oil and gas companies consistently fail to invest in renewable energy jobs and retraining for their workers, whilst prioritising shareholder profits and cutting or offshoring jobs that should stay here in the UK. Just last week, Harbour Energy, which has handed £1 billion to its shareholders in the past three years, announced it would cut a further 250 jobs from its offshore workforce, and two weeks ago, multinational Petroineos ceased operations at Grangemouth oil refinery without a transition plan for the workforce.
Commenting, Mel Evans, climate team leader at Greenpeace UK, said:
“It’s vital that we don’t leave oil and gas workers’ future in the hands of private companies who put their profits above workers’ security and the climate time and time again.
“That’s why Rachel Reeves must commit to this emergency package of funding to protect workers and their communities. If she fails to act, she leaves their livelihoods at the mercy of greedy oil bosses and will undermine community confidence in the transition to renewable energy.
“We urgently need a renewable energy system fit for the twenty-first century that can bring down bills, helping our energy security and the climate at the same time. But we must bring workers and communities along and ensure that wind manufacturing and renewable energy jobs stay here in the UK, rather than leaving other countries to benefit from the booming green economy.”
Claire Peden, Unite for a Workers’ Economy team lead, said:
“The UK government must deliver a real, robust plan that guarantees good, secure jobs for oil and gas workers as part of the energy transition. So far, that promise hasn’t materialised—yet 30,000 jobs are at risk by 2030. Climate change is an urgent crisis, but it must not be working people who bear the brunt. A just transition needs to be a workers’ transition: no one must be left behind.”
Ruby Earle, Worker Transition Lead at Platform, said:
“No worker should have to wait until crisis point before they get support, like we’ve seen in Scunthorpe. Today, unions and climate campaigners are sending a clear message to the Chancellor. We need urgent public investment that creates permanent, unionised renewable energy jobs and supports the country’s oil and gas workers to move into them. Multinationals have held us to ransom for too long. It’s time we give workers and communities a real stake in our energy industry.”
Offshore wind energy capacity has the potential to grow by as much as six times in the next 15 years. The groups state that public investment now and on this scale would create thousands of long-term, good quality and unionised manufacturing jobs, which oil and gas and supply chain workers could transition into.
The coalition points to huge job losses at Grangemouth and Port Talbot as examples of what happens when the Government leaves the transition entirely in the hands of private companies. Rachel Reeves must step in to provide North Sea workers with the support they need to prevent the repetition of past mistakes.
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Source: Greenpeace Statement –
The European Commission and six EU countries, Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal and Slovenia, have today submitted their ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty at the United Nations headquarters. Despite repeated promises to sign the Treaty into UK law, the UK government is failing to get onboard.
Greenpeace is warning that, while the progress from other European countries is welcome, it is nowhere near enough to ensure the treaty enters into force in 2025, and in time to meet the goal of protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 – agreed by all governments in 2022[1].
The UK was among the first countries to sign the Global Ocean Treaty on 20 September 2023, indicating its intention to pass the Treaty into UK law. The current Labour government has repeatedly said it intends to ratify the Treaty, but has so far failed to introduce the necessary primary legislation to do so or to commit to a timeline. This has prompted calls from the International Development Committee and environmental groups to begin the legislative process urgently. Responsibility for this process lies with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
Chris Thorne, Greenpeace UK senior ocean campaigner, said:
“David Lammy wants the UK to be a leader on climate and nature, so he can’t afford to miss the boat on signing the Global Ocean Treaty into UK law. The Treaty can help to protect a third of our blue planet from threats like industrial fishing. As international action on ocean protection accelerates, the UK risks turning up empty handed at a key UN conference next month. Lammy must stop failing the ocean which all life on Earth depends on, prioritise ocean protection and urgently secure parliamentary time for the UK to join other European countries in signing the Treaty into law. We hear legislation has been drafted and is ready to go, it just needs pushing over the line.”
The Global Ocean Treaty requires ratification by 60 states to enter into force. Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal and Slovenia have joined the 22 other states that have already deposited their ratification at the UN, making a total of 28 so far, nearly half of the 60 required. Governments had aimed to ratify the Treaty by June’s UN Ocean Conference to ensure that it enters into force quickly enough to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030. This Treaty is the only legal tool which can deliver this target on the high seas[2].
Lukas Meus, Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe ocean campaigner, said:
“It gives us hope to see such a large group of European countries ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty, but it’s still not enough. Governments had targeted the UN Ocean Conference as their deadline to ratify the Treaty, but even with this group of countries, that target is set to be missed. More countries must ratify the Treaty at the UN Ocean Conference, and should also confirm their support for a global moratorium on deep sea mining. Only then could we call this conference a success.”
The UN Ocean Conference is the first high-level meeting after a deep sea mining company submitted the first-ever application to mine the deep sea to the US Government, bypassing the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the regulatory body set up by the United Nations to protect the deep sea as the common heritage of humankind and decide whether deep sea mining can start in the international seabed[3].
With this new looming threat of exploitation, countries must make it clear that deep sea mining must not be allowed to start in 2025 and actively work towards securing a moratorium at the upcoming meeting of the International Seabed Authority in July, just weeks after the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC).
Greenpeace UK is calling on the UK government to:
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Contact
Alexandra Sedgwick, Greenpeace UK press officer, alexandra.sedgwick@greenpeace.org, 07739 963 301
Notes to editors
[1] Cyprus, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal and Slovenia have joined Palau, Chile, Belize, Seychelles, Monaco, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Cuba, Maldives, Singapore, Bangladesh, Barbados, Timor Leste, Panama, St. Lucia, Spain, France, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Republic of Korea and Costa Rica.
[2] In 2022, during the UN Biodiversity COP15, states agreed on a target of protecting at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, a figure supported by scientists for several years. 2.7% of the global ocean is currently fully or highly protected from human activities, and the figure is just 0.9% for areas of the high seas, which are beyond national jurisdiction. Greenpeace calculates that at the current rate of protection, the 30% target will not be reached until 2107.
[3] In a media statement, the European Commission has said that it “deeply regrets” the US president’s Executive Order that “circumvents” the negotiations in the ISA, and that “it is crucial to recall that its provisions reflect customary international law and are thus binding on all states irrespective of whether they have acceded to the Convention or not.”
Source: Greenpeace Statement –
Water companies are panicking they will be left unable to dispose of millions of tonnes of sewage sludge due to tougher pollution rules, and rising concern over the contaminants sludge contains.
Read the full investigation with supporting documents from Unearthed, here.
Sewage sludge is the human faeces and other solids left behind when wastewater is cleaned. Around 90% of the UK’s sludge is treated and spread on farmland as a source of nutrients to fertilise crops. However, concern is rising in the UK that this could be introducing damaging levels of contamination to agricultural land.
An analysis for trade association Water UK last year found that in a “worst-case” scenario the industry could be left with “3.4 million wet tonnes” of sludge with nowhere to go, documents obtained by Unearthed under freedom of information laws show.
The key documents not already in the public domain (available via the Unearthed website) include:
Earlier this year, environmental regulators in the United States warned that toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in sewage sludge spread on American pastures were posing a cancer risk to people who regularly ate meat or dairy from those farms. This came after investigations by Unearthed and others found that sludge destined for British farmland also contained a range of harmful contaminants, including microplastics and forever chemicals.
The water companies fear increased scrutiny of sludge-spreading in the UK could trigger a ‘backlash’ akin to the public outrage they have faced over sewage released into rivers and seas, Unearthed has learned.
Reshima Sharma, political campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said:
“This investigation is yet more proof that we can’t trust the privatised water companies to deal with waste responsibly. So long as they can get away with it, they will just pass any problems on to our countryside and pocket the money they should be investing in solutions.
“In addition to the national scandal of river pollution, their negligence has led to a cocktail of toxic contaminants being spread on the soil that grows our food. The government must stop toxic sludge from being spread on farmland immediately and water companies must be made to pay for disposing of it safely, without passing the buck to bill payers.”
Documents obtained by Unearthed show the Environment Agency (EA) has warned internally that British farmers could stop accepting sludge onto their land. A briefing prepared for the EA’s chief executive warned that if farmers or retailers were to lose confidence in the use of sludge there could be “very serious consequences, as the sludge would have nowhere to go”.
The briefing added that the water industry has “no immediate ‘Plan B’” for the sludge it generates.
But the industry’s most pressing concern is that the government will tighten controls on the amount of fertiliser farmers can use. The EA and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are under pressure to clamp down on excessive muck spreading, which is the country’s leading cause of river pollution.
Water companies say this would leave them without enough farmland available to get rid of all their sludge.
Defra has been reviewing its guidance on protecting water from agricultural pollution, and water companies believe reform of the agricultural pollution rules could result in an outright ban on manure spreading in the autumn, when there is less need for nutrients from crops.
According to Water UK, however, around 70% of sewage sludge is spread in the autumn, and “prohibiting or further constraining that practice would introduce very large and unquantified costs” for the water companies.
Companies are uncertain how much it would cost to deal with a sudden shortfall of this kind, but they estimate it would run to hundreds of millions of pounds. Some have suggested that it could reach billions, potentially resulting in an unplanned increase in household water bills.
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Notes
Read the full investigation with references, links and supporting documents on Unearthed here.
Contact
Greenpeace UK Press Office – press.uk@greenpeace.org or 020 7865 8255
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Jakarta, June 3, 2025 – Greenpeace Indonesia activists, alongside four young West Papuans from the Raja Ampat archipelago, staged a peaceful protest today to expose the devastating environmental and social consequences of nickel mining and smelting. While Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Arief Havas Oegroseno, addressed the Indonesia Critical Minerals Conference in Jakarta, the activists deployed a banner reading, “What’s the True Cost of Your Nickel?” and unfurled others with messages: “Nickel Mines Destroy Lives” and “Save Raja Ampat from Nickel Mining.”
Through this direct action, Greenpeace aims to deliver an urgent message to the Indonesian government, nickel industry executives gathered at the event, and the wider public: nickel mining and processing are inflicting profound suffering on affected communities across Eastern Indonesia. The industry is razing forests, polluting vital water sources, rivers, seas, and air, and is exacerbating the climate crisis through its reliance on captive coal-fired power plants for processing.
“While the government and mining oligarchs discuss expanding the nickel industry at this conference, communities and our planet are already paying an unbearable price,” said Iqbal Damanik, Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaigner. “The relentless industrialization of nickel – accelerated by soaring demand for electric cars – has destroyed forestlands, rivers, and seas from Morowali, Konawe Utara, Kabaena, and Wawonii, to Halmahera and Obi. Now, nickel mining even threatens Raja Ampat in West Papua, a globally renowned biodiversity hotspot often called the last paradise on Earth.”
Following an investigative journey through West Papua, Greenpeace exposed mining activities on several islands within the Raja Ampat archipelago, including Gag Island, Kawe Island, and Manuran Island. These three are classified as small islands and, under the law concerning the management of coastal areas and small islands, should be off-limits to mining.
Greenpeace analysis reveals that nickel exploitation on these three islands has already led to the destruction of over 500 hectares of forest and specialised native vegetation. Extensive documentation shows soil runoff causing turbidity and sedimentation in coastal waters – a direct threat to Raja Ampat’s delicate coral reefs and marine ecosystems – as a result of deforestation and excavation.
Beyond Gag, Kawe, and Manuran, other small islands in Raja Ampat such as Batang Pele and Manyaifun are also under imminent threat from nickel mining. These two adjacent islands are situated approximately 30 kilometers from Piaynemo, the iconic karst island formation pictured on Indonesia’s Rp100,000 banknote.
Raja Ampat is celebrated for its extraordinary terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Its waters are home to 75 percent of the world’s coral species and over 2,500 species of fish. The islands themselves support 47 mammal species and 274 bird species. UNESCO has designated the Raja Ampat region as a global geopark.
Ronisel Mambrasar, a West Papuan youth from the Raja Ampat Nature Guardians (Aliansi Jaga Alam Raja Ampat), said, “Raja Ampat is in grave danger due to the presence of nickel mines on several islands, including my own home in Manyaifun and Batang Pele Islands. Nickel mining threatens our very existence. It will not only destroy the sea that has sustained our livelihoods for generations but is also fracturing the harmony of our communities, sowing conflict where there was once harmony.”
Greenpeace Indonesia urgently calls on the government to fundamentally reassess its nickel industrialization policies, which have already triggered a cascade of problems. The hollow boasts about the benefits of downstreaming, championed by the previous administration and now perpetuated during the presidency of Prabowo Subianto, must end. The nickel industrialization drive has proven to be a tragic irony: instead of delivering a just energy transition, it is systematically destroying the environment, violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and deepening the damage to an Earth already buckling under the weight of the climate crisis.
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Photos and videos are available in the Greenpeace Media Library.
Contacts:
Iqbal Damanik, Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaigner +62-811-4445-026
Igor O’Neill, Greenpeace Indonesia, [email protected] +61-414-288-424
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Bangkok, 24 May 2025 — Ahead of the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples’ Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, taking place from 24–25 May 2025 under the theme “Inclusivity and Sustainability”, Greenpeace Thailand, Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand (EARTH), and regional civil society networks are calling on ASEAN leaders to collectively endorse a legally binding ASEAN Environmental Rights (AER) framework to address the region’s worsening transboundary pollution and environmental injustice.
Cases of transboundary pollution illustrate ASEAN’s failure to jointly address and act on the cross-border ecological and health crises. The current key threat in the Greater Mekong subregion, gold and rare earth mining operations in Shan State, Myanmar—only 20 kilometers from the Thai border and 2–3 kilometers from the Kok River are threatening ecosystems, public health, and local economies in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces. Toxic heavy metals discharged from mining activities are likely to accumulate in the environment and risk spreading downstream into the Mekong River Basin. This is not merely an environmental issue, but a serious violation of human rights, particularly those of ethnic minorities and vulnerable groups who deserve stronger protection.
Meanwhile, the recurring transboundary haze pollution from large-scale agro-industrial burning (e.g., corn, sugarcane, palm oil) in neighboring countries has become a chronic crisis, severely impacting provinces in Northern and Southern Thailand with dangerously high levels of PM2.5 air pollution, threatening public health and tourism.
Rattanasiri Kittikongnapang, Food and Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace Thailand stated:
“ASEAN can no longer remain silent in the face of public outcry over transboundary pollution, whether it’s toxic haze drifting into our lungs or dangerous chemicals contaminating the Kok River from mining in neighboring states. We must acknowledge today that geographical borders cannot stop the spread of pollution into our air and water. ASEAN must advance the principle of ‘Polluter Pays’ that holds transnational corporations accountable for the environmental damage they cause across borders. This is a matter of justice and shared responsibility to protect our regional commons.”
Penchom Saetang, Director of the EARTH Foundation, added:
“Southeast Asia is facing escalating environmental and health risks due to industrialisation, fossil fuel dependency, and mining. Without urgent action, these could spiral into irreversible disasters. For over 30 years, the United Nations has emphasized that sustainable development must be grounded in public participation, access to information, and environmental justice. ASEAN must evolve to promote transparency, resilience, and long-term regional stability, ensuring that all people have the right to live in a safe and healthy environment.”
International civil society groups are also calling on ASEAN leaders, particularly the Prime Minister of Malaysia as the 2025 ASEAN Chair to support the development of a legally binding ASEAN Environmental Rights framework encompassing corporate accountability, pollution liability, public participation, and the protection of Indigenous and local communities. It must also foster long-term ASEAN–China cooperation on sustainable environmental governance and human rights protection.
For more information, please contact:
Somrudee Panasudtha, Senior Media Campaigner, Greenpeace Thailand
Tel. 081 929 5747 Email: [email protected]
Source: Greenpeace Statement –
Jakarta, 12 June 2025 – A Greenpeace Indonesia investigation released today reveals the full scale of the threat nickel mining poses across Raja Ampat, Indonesia, an area referred to as ‘The Last Paradise on Earth’ and featuring in prominent lists of top travel destinations for 2025.[1]
The ‘Paradise Lost?’ report finds:
Of the 16 nickel mining licences, 12 are located within the boundaries of the UNESCO-listed Raja Ampat Global Geopark, whilst 4 of the active licenses are on ‘small islands’ as designated by the Indonesian Government, which should mean that no mining can take place.
On 10th June the Indonesian Government announced it would revoke 4 active licences covering 3 of these small islands and one additional licence on Waigeo.[3] However, a number of cancelled licences have previously been reactivated in Raja Ampat.[4] Furthermore, the permit for the largest mine, operated by PT Gag Nikel, was not revoked.
Commenting on the investigation findings Kiki Taufik, head of Greenpeace’s global Indonesia forest campaign, said: “Raja Ampat is Indonesia’s last paradise. But instead of protecting it for Indigenous and local communities and the diving and tourism that have helped make this archipelago famous around the world, the government has left the door open to polluting nickel mining.
“Raja Ampat is incredible and unique, recognised as a Global Geopark by UNESCO and theoretically protected. The news this week that the Government will cancel four mining licenses is a step forward, but it’s not enough. The President must protect all of Raja Ampat and stop all plans for nickel mining and the plans for nickel and steel smelters in Sorong.“
Until this week two mines were commercially operating: PT Gag Nikel, a state owned mining company, and PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining. Both of these mines ship nickel ore to Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park for processing/smelting. PT Tsinghshan, a major shareholder in the industrial park that processes the ore from Raja Ampat, has established a joint venture company, Youshan Nickel Indonesia together with Huayou group. Youshan Nickel makes battery components for electric vehicles in Indonesia. PT Huayou supplies nickel to battery supply chains linked to a number of major EV makers including Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, BMW, Mercedes, Tesla and BYD. It is therefore possible that any of these vehicle supply chains could be linked to nickel ore coming from Raja Ampat, though a lack of supply chain transparency makes this impossible to confirm at this time.
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Notes
[1] See for example travel articles in National Geographic, The New York Times and CNN.
[2] Smelters for nickel and steel are planned for Sorong and the project was planned to break ground in 2024, although to date no work has started.
[3] The cancelled licenses are PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining (Pulau Kawe), PT Anugerah Surya Pratama (Pulau Manuran), PT Mulia Raymond Perkasa (Pulau Manyaifun and Batang Pele), dan PT Nurham (Pulau Waigeo).
[4] The two licences reactivated this year (PT MRP and PT Nurham) have both followed legal action by the companies to reactivate previously cancelled licences.
Contact
Igor O’Neill, Greenpeace Indonesia, [email protected] +61-414-288-424
Source: Greenpeace Statement –
Nice/Jakarta, June 11, 2025 – Greenpeace Indonesia welcomes the Indonesian government decision to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty, also known as Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). The decision was announced by Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono in Nice, France, on June 10, during the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) [1].
Moving forward, Greenpeace Indonesia urges the government to strengthen its leadership to increasingly mainstream a human rights-based approach in all protection and management efforts for the sustainable future of the ocean, both within and outside the national territory, in line win line with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
Greenpeace Indonesia also encourages the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other relevant institutions to be more proactive in ensuring Indonesia’s readiness for the implementation–especially once the Global Ocean Treaty will be in force within 120 days after at least 60 countries have ratified it.
Afdillah, Greenpeace Indonesia Ocean Campaign Team Lead:
“This is a momentum to ensure that the 5 Priority Blue Economy Programs initiated by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries are implemented effectively by ensuring meaningful multi-stakeholder participation, transparency, stronggenuine sustainability and fairness.”
Arifsyah Nasution, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Ocean Campaigner and Global Lead for Beyond Seafood Campaign:
“Congratulations to Indonesia for becoming the 50th country globally and the 4th in the Southeast Asia region, after Singapore, Timor Leste and Vietnam, to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty. We really look forward to welcoming more countries in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region to follow suit.”
“Aside from the BBNJ, a number of civil society elements and labor movements have also been urging the government to immediately ratify ILO Convention 188 on Work in Fishing [3]. Ratification of C-188 is urgent so that decent working conditions and the rights of Indonesian fishing crews, both those working on Indonesian-flagged fishing vessels and on foreign-flagged fishing vessels outside the Indonesian fisheries management area, can be increasingly protected. This is also a form of commitment and effort to implement effective and progressive policies, a real manifestation of Indonesia’s exemplary diplomacy in the international arena.”
Notes for Editors:
[1] Indonesia’s Declaration at UNOC3 on June 10, 2025, by the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
Contact Person:
Vela Andapita, Global Communications Coordinator for Beyond Seafood Campaign at Greenpeace Southeast Asia, +62-817-5759-449, [email protected]
Afdillah, Greenpeace Indonesia Ocean Campaign Team Lead, +62-811-4704-730, [email protected]
Arifsyah Nasution, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Ocean Campaigner and Global Lead for Beyond Seafood Campaign, +62-811-400-350, [email protected]
Source: Greenpeace Statement –
Bangkok, 6 June 2025 – Following the crude oil spill at SBM-2 (Single Buoy Mooring No. 2), operated by Thai Oil Public Company Limited, which occurred at approximately 11:54 p.m. on 5 June 2025 in the open sea off Si Racha, near its refinery in Chonburi Province [1], Greenpeace Thailand considers this incident yet another in a series of toxic leaks from the oil industry that have harmed Thailand’s seas, coastal communities, and marine ecosystems.
Greenpeace Thailand calls on Thai Oil Public Company Limited, the project owner, to take full responsibility for the spill by immediately implementing the following actions:
Greenpeace Thailand urges the Thai government to take the following actions:
As global temperatures continue to rise and the climate crisis intensifies, continued reliance on and investment in fossil fuels not only accelerates environmental degradation, health impacts, and human rights violations but also shifts the burden of risk onto the public, especially vulnerable communities, while allowing industry actors to evade accountability.
To address this crisis, we must start by protecting fragile ecosystems—particularly biodiversity-rich marine environments—from high-risk industrial activities. The Thai government should establish new shipping routes for transporting hazardous materials, such as oil and liquefied fossil gas, that avoid marine conservation areas and vital fishing grounds. Strengthening protections for ecologically significant areas, both on land and at sea, must be treated as an urgent national priority. In the face of a rapidly escalating climate emergency, delay is no longer an option.
Greenpeace supports the public’s right to access clean, affordable, and equitable renewable energy, and advocates for meaningful public participation in both energy production and policy-making alongside the government.
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is not just a choice—it is essential to slowing global warming and building a sustainable, just, and resilient response to the climate crisis.
Note:
[1] Statement from Thai Oil Public Company Limited
For more information, please contact:
Manun Wongmasoh, Climate Campaign Communications Officer, Greenpeace Thailand
Email: [email protected] Tel 091 745 0099
Source: Greenpeace Statement –
New Delhi, 01 May 2025 – As a life-threatening heat wave unravels in South Asia, more than 10 groups representing at lakhs of workers across Indian, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal have signed a Polluters Pay Pact, calling on governments to introduce new taxes on oil, coal and gas corporations to fund solutions and help communities worldwide.
A Greenpeace India’s qualitative research report titled “Ground Zero: Climate Experiences among Informal Workers in Delhi,” released on this occasion found that street vendors suffer from immense productivity loss and health risks during peak summer months. The study noted that for every 1°C rise in temperature, informal workers’ earnings can fall by up to 19%, with income losses reaching up to 40% due to unbearable midday heat and reduced business. Simultaneously, medical expenses increase by around 14%—illustrating the devastating climate-health-economic nexus. The report mentions that street vendor’s daily earnings, once averaging Rs. 1000, now fluctuate between Rs 300-1200 due to climate disruption and market instability.
Workers across South Asia observed the International Workers’ Day, in a series of simultaneous events where they wrote messages about the impacts of extreme weather and their demands on sarees, a six-yard-long unstitched cloth draped by women in South Asia. The initiative, titled ‘Sarees for Solidarity’, carries messages of workers union leaders addressing the role of oil and gas corporations and their responsibility for the climate crisis which will be taken to the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP30), scheduled to be held in Balem, Brazil.
An event held today in New Delhi also marked the launch of the Workers’ Collective for Climate Justice – South Asia, which emerged as the key outcome of the discussions by worker groups and civil society organisations on growing threats to workers from extreme weather events, fuelled by the oil and gas industry. Participants included the Youth Organization for Democratic Development and Help in Action (YODDHA) and Joint Hawker Action Committee for street vendors, the Basti Suraksha Manch union for waste pickers, the Telengana Gig and Platform Workers Union, Amazon Workers’ Union, domestic workers, construction workers and indoor-based factory workers.
“As temperatures rise, we must do the same. City infrastructure needs to match the adaptation needs of everyone. Vendors, who work outside through the heatwave, are in urgent need of cooling centers, shaded areas, water, and medical care to survive this heatwave season,” said Sandeep Verma of the Youth Organisation for Democratic and Help in Action (YODDHA). “In the scorching heat, Indian workers have nowhere to hide, while the oil executives fueling this crisis are safely seated in air conditioned offices. This injustice must end by applying the polluter pays principle to those responsible for the climate crisis we’re in.”
“When the heat rises, it’s not the CEOs of oil and gas companies who suffer—it’s the informal workers out on the streets, with little infrastructure and safety net for adaptation. Our Ground Zero report shows just how devastating this is: income drops, health risks soar, and yet no one’s held accountable. That’s why we’re backing the Polluters Pay Pact, said Amruta S. Nair, Climate and Energy campaigner at Greenpeace India. “Governments must impose taxes on Big Oil, the proceeds of which should be redirected for inclusive adaptation measures for vulnerable communities. Climate justice must begin by protecting those who are least responsible for this crisis, but who pay the heaviest price every day.”
”As momentum builds up to make oil and gas corporations pay for a crisis fuelled by their emissions, the industry responds with attacks against those calling them out. Emblematic of this assault on free speech is a multi-millions US$ meritless lawsuit by U.S. company Energy Transfer against Greenpeace U.S. and Greenpeace International. The Polluters Pay Pact shows that while polluters engage in intimidation, the climate movement can’t be silenced. Greenpeace organisations worldwide are committed as ever to resist the corporate polluters and the billionaire takeover of democracy.
Notes:
Find more about the workers group and unions here
[1] “Weather Status” – India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences. https://internal.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/extended.pdf .
[2] “Climate change made the deadly heatwaves that hit millions of highly vulnerable people across Asia more frequent and extreme” – World Weather Attribution https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-made-the-deadly-heatwaves-that-hit-millions-of-highly-vulnerable-people-across-asia-more-frequent-and-extreme/
Contacts:
Nibedita Saha,
Media Officer, Greenpeace India ,
[email protected]
Tal Harris,
Greenpeace International,
Global Media Lead – Stop Drilling Start Paying campaign,
+41-782530550,
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