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GEJI at the COPs


We were in Copenhagen, see gejiweb.org/cop15
And in 2010 and 2011, we checked how media and politicians changed their ambitions on Climate Change from Cop15 to Cop16 and Cop17 - read more.

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Special GEJI reports:

BEYOND KYOTO - 25 international students covering a scientific conference, March 2009.
PLASTIC BAGS - students around the world exploring plastic bag usage, March-June 2009.
AFTER COP15 - investigating how media and NGOs change ambitions for the UN climate conferences.

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Shopping bags still a problem

A GEJI survey:

A GEJI international survey of thousands of shoppers in March showed that supermarket chains in many countries have failed to stem plastic bag consumption.

Journalism students from universities in Europe, Asia and Australia collaborated in producing a major report about plastic bag use, observing more than 6500 supermarkets shoppers.

In Londoturtle_with_plastic_bag_800x520n, where major supermarkets have said they will reduce new plastic bag consumption by 50% by June, customers still took an average of 1.7 plastic bags. In Hong Kong, where a compulsory plastic bag levy has been introduced after the survey, more customers used their own cotton bags.

Sydney, had the worst record with each customer using an average of 2.1 plastic bags. The situation across Melbourne was little better with each customer consuming an average of 1.95 plastic bags each.

Read everything here: The GEJI International Plastic Bags Full Report with stories on plastic bags across the world, interviews with customers, environmental stories and political analysis.

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