In the beginning it was dismissed as a fringe hippy movement – annoying but unimportant. Almost four decades on Greenpeace is arguably the biggest NGO in the world. Politicians and businessmen alike ignore it at their peril. Before Cancun its board of directors met in Amsterdam to debate the climate summit. Kumi Naidoo is Greenpeace’s first African Executive Director. Imprisoned for anti-apartheid activities in South Africa at 15, he went on to study at Oxford University. He told euronews of his hopes and fears for Cancun. … www.euronews.net