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Workers hanging from ropes inspect a wind turbine blade high in the air. A just transition should help workers find jobs in emerging green industries.

Climate change

How to not mess up the UK’s next climate plan

The UK’s climate plan is due—and this time it has to deliver. From fixing electricity prices to making clean tech easy, here’s what needs to happen to cut emissions and improve everyday life.

by Doug Parr October 27, 2025

Activists stand on a platform halfway up a huge metal chimney.

Climate change

Greenpeace power station protest: what you need to know

Activists climbed the chimney stacks at England’s largest gas power station to let the country know that we’re all being ripped off by expensive gas power.

by Greenpeace UK September 22, 2025

Oil and gas

Should we blame oil companies for the climate crisis?

Fossil fuel giants like Shell aren’t just selling oil and gas – they’re rigging the system to keep us stuck in the past.

by Greenpeace UK September 8, 2025

Fake blood stains a giant white fabric backdrop attached to an offshore platform in a calm ocean.

Activism

Anish Kapoor protest art at Shell’s North Sea platform: what you need to know

Greenpeace activists installed a haunting new artwork created by legendary artist, Anish Kapoor onto an active Shell platform in the remote North Sea.

by Greenpeace UK August 14, 2025

Nature and wildlife

Arctic Fox facts: 8 fascinating things to know

Learn fascinating arctic fox facts and about their amazing adaptations that help them survive in one of the coldest places on the planet.

by Greenpeace UK July 16, 2025

Activism

One year of Labour: what has Keir Starmer’s government achieved so far?

A first-year report card for the UK government.

by Greenpeace UK July 3, 2025

Climate change

5 must-read climate and nature writers to discover

Meet the authors using fiction, memoir and activism to bring the climate crisis to life and inspire change.

by Greenpeace UK June 25, 2025

A huge heap of waste can be seen in the foreground with a tiny person standing in the background on top.

Climate change

Meet the unexpected villains of the plastic pollution crisis

A strong Global Plastics Treaty could change everything. But the people blocking progress aren’t who you’d expect.

by Greenpeace UK May 30, 2025

Detail from an oil platform, showing tangled pipework and painted metal panels

Plastic

What is plastic made of? The fossil fuel link explained

Plastic is made from fossil fuels like oil and natural gas. This process drives pollution and climate change—from drilling and fracking to refining and incineration. Here's how plastic is made, and why it’s a hidden part of the fossil fuel problem.

by Greenpeace UK May 30, 2025

Climate change

Geoengineering: why dimming the sun isn’t a bright idea

Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction from real climate action. Here's why we should focus on the solutions we know can work.

by Greenpeace UK May 7, 2025