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Open letter: Call for continued operation of German nuclear power plants
An open letter towards German chancelor Scholz
Apr 13, 20233 min read


WePlanet Australia launch: Our story and our hopes
WePlanet Australia is excited to have officially launched, bringing WePlanet’s mission of elevating humanity and liberating nature to...
Apr 12, 20233 min read


To get rid of global poverty, let’s make a stronger case for aid
While many in the West doubt the effectiveness of international aid, studies overwhelmingly show that while aid may not solve global...
Apr 11, 202311 min read


Recycled nuclear waste can provide clean energy to Europe for hundreds of years
If nuclear waste were recycled and repurposed as fuel for advanced nuclear reactors it could generate up to a millennia of zero carbon...
Apr 4, 20232 min read


Vegans, know your privilege!
Eating plant-based food is good for animals and the climate, but should we impose veganism on cultures where eating meat is an important...
Mar 31, 20238 min read


Europe must keep low-carbon nuclear in EU sustainable taxonomy
Why we ask European Commissioners to resist the pressure to ignore the science about Europe's largest source of low-carbon energy. In...
Mar 28, 20232 min read
To our EU Commissioners, and to all interested parties,
Amsterdam, 28 March 2023 Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission Mr. Frans Timmermans, Commission VP for the...
Mar 28, 20234 min read


When climate policy becomes ‘a cover for colonialism’
Recently, Greta Thunberg protested the construction of a wind farm on indigenous land in Norway that would provide electricity to the...
Mar 24, 20234 min read


Seeing a movement emerge: My reflections on Atomic Hope
A new documentary on the rise of the pro-nuclear movement is out, featuring Ben Heard. Here he looks back on what it meant to stand up...
Mar 17, 20235 min read


Q&A with George Monbiot: ‘It is time we became food-numerate’
WePlanet’s wildly successful Reboot Food campaign has some ambitious core principles: end animal agriculture; use minimal land for food...
Mar 7, 20237 min read


We need radical realism: The case for fast, feasible and universal climate action
As we move on from our practical failure to keep global warming to 1.5ËšC, we need to keep workÂing, not give up. But we should also ask...
Mar 1, 202312 min read


One year on: Western companies traded 384 million barrels of Russian oil
WePlanet called for Europe to immediately end fossil fuel imports from Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of...
Mar 1, 20235 min read


How to create a good Anthropocene
Humanity has embarked on a grand planetary experiment, bringing about progress while disrupting the Earth’s systems. While nobody knows...
Mar 1, 202311 min read


Lessons from Fukushima: What (not) to do after a nuclear accident
If – yes, if – nuclear power has a future, much will depend on how we react after a meltdown. What happened in Fukushima in March 2011...
Feb 28, 20236 min read


What (not) to do after a nuclear accident (2): Anxiety, the main public health impact of a meltdown
(Photo: Douglas Sprott/Flickr) 2. Just before the Chernobyl disaster was about to be commemorated after 25 years, UNSCEAR, the United...
Feb 28, 20237 min read


What (not) to do after a nuclear accident (3): The chaos wrought by politics, industry and the media
(Photo: Douglas Sprott/Flickr) 3. It’s only fitting in the incredible story of nuclear power that the Fukushima accident should have come...
Feb 28, 202311 min read


What (not) to do after a nuclear accident (4, end): When evacuation is a big mistake
(Photo: Douglas Sprott/Flickr) 4. And then there is the evacuation. The International Commission on Radiological Protection recommends...
Feb 28, 20234 min read


One year on from Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
It has been one year since Vladimir Putin launched the brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine and brought war once again to Europe. The...
Feb 23, 20232 min read


African farmers need modern tools in agriculture
Patricia Nanteza, director of WePlanet Africa, reflects on the protest action in Kenya and Uganda to support the use of GMOs to tackle...
Feb 10, 20231 min read


For Germany, reconsidering nuclear energy is an ethical duty
Opponents of nuclear energy have often supported their position with ethical arguments. However, philosophers Simon Friederich and...
Jan 11, 20236 min read
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