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WePlanet announces new Secretary General
The Board of environmental NGO WePlanet is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolina Lisslö Gylfe as Secretary General. Since 2021,...
Oct 4, 20222 min read


The WePlanet Sessions 2022: A day in photos
On October 2, members and supporters of WePlanet from around Europe came to Warsaw, Poland, for our first annual conference. The...
Oct 3, 20221 min read


What defending science means when you're an environmentalist
Mark Lynas, one of the driving forces behind WePlanet, kicked off our conference in Warsaw, Poland, A New Hope: The WePlanet Sessions...
Oct 3, 202210 min read


Europe's struggle to understand energy economics
How are European policymakers dealing with the energy crisis? On behalf of environmental group WePlanet, energy specialist Joris van Dorp...
Sep 28, 20227 min read


Cultivated meat needs a juicy story
Cultivated meat is in the delivery room. From America to Japan, several dozen companies are developing burgers and hot dogs that don’t...
Sep 26, 20227 min read


Webinar, Jonathan Symons: Why the left should invest more to solve the climate crisis
Kicking off a series of webinars, WePlanet proudly presents: Jonathan Symons, author of Ecomodernism , on how the political left should...
Sep 22, 20221 min read


A New Hope: Join us for our Conference in Warsaw, Poland, or watch the livestream, October 2
We're excited to announce our first annual Conference. In a very short time, WePlanet has grown into a global citizen’s movement which...
Sep 17, 20222 min read


Why climate activists must accept the poor’s growing need for energy
Knowing that rallying works, and that global warming will eventually be stopped by the flourishing climate movement, Ralf Bodelier is...
Sep 8, 20225 min read


How technology can liberate animals
What is the most realistic way to achieve animal-free food worldwide? Getting everyone to switch to a plant-based diet will be a huge...
Aug 24, 20227 min read


How I came to love (and even hug) nuclear waste
For many years, we’ve heard nuclear waste is terrible and we should forget about building low-carbon nuclear power plants. But how bad is...
Aug 12, 20226 min read


Europe must face down Putin’s food blackmail over Ukraine, says new report
As part of our #SwitchOffPutin campaign, we took a deep dive in the numbers and dug up what Europe can - no, must - do to deal with the...
Jul 11, 20223 min read


Europe includes nuclear in its sustainable taxonomy
At last, the European Union has agreed nuclear energy belongs in its taxonomy for sustainable investments, after WePlanet’s climate...
Jul 7, 20222 min read


There’s nothing easy about being green: Some words on energy
The term “green” guides our thinking about the future of energy supplies. Yet the word stands in the way of rational thinking about...
Jun 30, 20228 min read


Why sustainability is unnatural
Let’s not fool ourselves. To save nature, we may have to get a little less natural. By Johannes Kopton Solar panels on a green field in...
Jun 24, 20223 min read


What you can do for the climate to make a real difference
If we want to save the climate, we have to stop eating meat and fly less, right? Well, that will help, but only a little. There are other...
Jun 9, 20224 min read


Our open letter on REPowerEU
Guess what's missing from Europe's plan to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels and speed up the transition to a clean and...
May 30, 20223 min read


WePlanet takes action! Watch our Switch Off Putin projections on Grohnde nuclear power plant
RePlanet takes action! Watch our Switch Off Putin projections on Grohnde nuclear power plant
May 20, 20222 min read


Climate change increases need for electricity
Electricity prices are rising sharply in many European countries. Up to 10 per cent of the EU’s population is facing the choice “eat or...
May 16, 20223 min read


Nearly 70% of Europeans want to 'Switch Off Putin' by boycotting Russian oil and gas
New research shows that nearly 70% of Europeans want an immediate boycott of Russian oil and gas, adding to pressure on European...
Apr 8, 20222 min read


Switch off Putin: Europe can immediately exit Russian oil, gas and coal, finds new report
Many have been saying we need to stop importing fossil fuels from Russia. We agree. And we've actually crunched the numbers. The European...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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