Blogposts tagged 'Copenhagen'

Activists vindicated and court recognises right to peaceful protest

Posted by davewalsh - 22 August 2011 at 4:50pm - 2 Comments
Red Carpet activists outside the Danish courts, Copenhagen
All rights reserved. Credit: Christian Åslund / Greenpeace
The 11 activists outside the Danish courts before today's verdict

Good news from Denmark: the Red Carpet trial has finally ended, with a victory for freedom of expression - the Danish court clearly recognised the place that peaceful protest needs to occupy in a democracy, and the importance of standing up for what you believe in.

The “Red Carpet 11” – Joris, Nora, Juan, Christian, Morton, Victor, Dima, Melanie, Guilhem, Thomas and Anders – received suspended sentences instead time in prison, fines or deportation from Denmark.

Article tagged as: climate change, COP15, cop17, copenhagen, direct actions, red carpet, red carpet four

Bad Influence at the World Bank

Posted by davidritter - 18 April 2011 at 9:52am - 0 Comments
Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice
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Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice

In her blog post last week, my colleague Tracy explained why Greenpeace has taken on one of the big beasts of the corporate jungle: the consultancy firm McKinsey. These guys are at the top of the tree when it comes to advising governments on forests, so we’ve published a report investigating  them called Bad Influence: How McKinsey-inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction. 

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UCL Energy Institute report Marginal Abatement Cost Curves: A Call For Caution

Publication date:  7 April, 2011

This report reflects the author's research, opinion and conclusions, and not those of the UCL Energy Institute, which does not take positions on detailed issues such as those discussed here.

This report critically reviews various issues relating to the construction and interpretation of marginal abatement cost curves (MACC, or MAC curves) for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, the most well-known and widely used of which have been compiled by McKinsey and Company. It also reveals various weaknesses related to the cost curves and points out their limited usefulness.

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Bad Influence: How McKinsey inspired plans lead to rainforest destruction

Publication date:  7 April, 2011

McKinsey & Company is a giant, well-connected global consultancy firm which has been working to position itself as the market leader in REDD+ advice. According to McKinsey:

‘Our clients ... look to us for honest, objective, thoughtful, and experienced advice.’

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Rainforest protection plans are rewarding industries that destroy forests

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 6 April 2011 at 3:57pm - 0 Comments
Destruction in the Indonesian Rainforests
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Destruction in the Indonesian Rainforests

You’d be forgiven for remembering the UN Copenhagen climate talks (in December 2009) only for their epic failure to deliver a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions. But there was at least one important issue agreed which has the potential to have a significant impact on the climate - as well as protecting biodiversity.

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News from Copenhagen: The Red Carpet activists have been charged

Posted by davewalsh - 10 March 2011 at 3:07pm - 2 Comments
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I’m typing these words from the Greenpeace office in Copenhagen, about a ten-minute walk from the Danish Parliament, where nearly 15 months ago, three Greenpeace activists were arrested for politely and peacefully calling on some 120 heads of state attending a royal banquet to take urgent climate action.

Article tagged as: activism, climate change, copenhagen, red carpet

Act Now - Change the Future

Posted by christian - 13 January 2010 at 1:35pm - 0 Comments

Act Now - Change the Future Recovering from the post-copenhagen blues? Want to tell world leaders you expect better? Want to show your support for the activists who spent 20 days in prison over Christmas and New Year for interrupting the heads of state dinner with some simple truths about the scale of failure?

Then take action here.

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New information on Danish "investigation" and holding of Red Carpet Four for 20 days without trial

Posted by jossc - 8 January 2010 at 2:08pm - 0 Comments

The Red Carpet Four

Did Danish authorities really hold our activists in prison for 20 days because they were diligently investigating how they got onto a red carpet at a state dinner during the Copenhagen climate conference? New evidence suggests not.

To non-violently paraphrase Michael Corleone, "If history teaches us anything, it's that you can get past security anywhere." But here's a fact: it really, really, pisses them off.

Article tagged as: copenhagen, denmark, red carpet four

Real leaders held without trial while politicians flee climate crime scene

Posted by tracy - 21 December 2009 at 12:28pm - 4 Comments

Update 6 Jan 10: They've been released! Our four activists endured 20 days in a Copenhagen jail following a peaceful protest at the State Banquet for world leaders attending the UN climate summit. The four activists still face trial in the Danish courts, and possible prison sentences. You sent over 12,000 letters to the Danish Embassy in London during their detention - thank you so much for your support ensuring their release.

Four of our activists face the prospect of Christmas in jail this year over charges relating to a protest at the Heads of State dinner at the Copenhagen climate summit. But the leaders who did practically nothing about the greatest threat to our planet got away.

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Greenpeace in pictures: the response to Copenhagen

Posted by jossc - 21 December 2009 at 11:16am - 0 Comments

Two years have passed since world leaders promised all of us a deal to stop climate change. After two weeks of UN negotiations, politicians breezed in, had dinner with the Queen and then failed to deliver any meaningful action on climate change.

As we all try to come to terms with the historic failure of nerve and vision that paralysed the Copenhagen climate summit, the response of Greenpeace members around the world has been fast and focused: expressing their condemnation of world leaders unwilling or unable to lead in a time of crisis, and demanding the release of the four Greenpeace activists who face spending Christmas in jail after making a peaceful protest at the Danish Queen's dinner for Heads of State.

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Climate Injustice - A night vigil is held outside Vestre Fængsel prison

Over 100 Greenpeace staff and supporters held a candle-lit vigil outside Vestre Fængsel prison, Copenhagen, where four of our activists face spending Christmas in jail - held in isolation and without trial. Three of them took part in the peaceful protest at the Danish Queen's Heads of State dinner during the Copenhagen Climate Summit.

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