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Climate change

The First 100 Days: Labour’s Track Record on the Climate and Environment

During the election, Greenpeace published a climate and nature checklist for all political parties. This briefing measures the Labour government’s progress against this over the first hundred days…

by Stefano Gelmini October 11, 2024

Environmental justice

Victory for the Munduruku People and their forest home

After almost 20 years of struggle, the official recognition of Sawré Muybu Indigenous Land by the Brazilian government is a triumph for the Amazon and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

by Greenpeace UK October 4, 2024

Smiling protestor holds a handwritten sign saying 'The 1% flies, our planet dies. Ban private jets.'

Climate change

UK has most international private jet flights to top holiday spots in Europe – new report

Britain is responsible for the largest number of international private jet flights to top holiday destinations in Europe, a new report commissioned by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe found. Last…

by Phil Richards October 1, 2024

Jacob Collier is sat at an upright piano next to Aurora singing on a floating platform in the sea with a glacier in the background

Arctic

Watch: music stars Jacob Collier and AURORA perform on Arctic ‘iceberg’ in call for ocean and climate protection

British six-time Grammy winner, Jacob Collier, has collaborated with Norwegian alt-pop superstar, AURORA, for the first time in a magical performance in the Arctic, released today. The stars appear…

by Kai Tabacek October 1, 2024

A distant view of several large coal power station chimneys with clouds steaming out of them, and fields in the foreground

Activism

The era of UK coal is over. Here’s how it happened, and what comes next

The last coal-fired power station in the UK, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, has now closed. In the 1950s, coal provided the overwhelming majority of British energy. By 2022, it was…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson September 30, 2024

JSO protestors throw paint on the glass covering Van Gogh's sunflowers painting.

Activism

Jail sentences for Van Gogh soup protest “draconian and disproportionate”

Commenting on the sentencing of Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland to a total of 44 months in jail for throwing tinned soup at the protective glass covering a Van Gogh…

by Stefano Gelmini September 27, 2024

Climate change

Closure of Britain’s last coal plant “an example the world must follow”

Commenting on the planned closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station on Monday, the UK’s last coal plant still in operation, Greenpeace UK’s policy director Dr Doug Parr said: “This plant’s closure…

by Stefano Gelmini September 27, 2024

JSO activists holding can of tomaton soup in front of Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting

Activism

Over 100 artists and art historians call on judge not to jail Van Gogh activists

A large group of artists, curators and art historians have appealed to a judge not to impose a jail sentence on two activists who threw tomato soup at Vincent Van…

by Stefano Gelmini September 26, 2024

Activism

Judge dismisses charges against Rishi Sunak roof protestors

Friday 20th September, 2024. York – The four Greenpeace activists who made headlines after protesting on the roof of the former Prime Minister’s mansion in Yorkshire last year have had…

by Joe Evans September 20, 2024

Poster for the film 'Toxic Influence' showing a young women and her mother in a darkened room scrolling through Dove adverts on her phone

Plastic

New Greenpeace film subverts iconic Dove ad on anniversary of ‘Real Beauty’ campaign

A powerful new film released today by Greenpeace UK has taken aim at beauty brand Dove. The film offers a devastating rebuke to the hypocrisy of the mega-brand and the…

by Kai Tabacek September 12, 2024