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A crowd of people hold up pieces of blue fabric as they smile into the camera.

Fishing

Global Ocean Treaty: how people power helped protect the oceans

Under pressure from millions of people around the world, governments finally secured a Global Ocean Treaty.

by Greenpeace UK March 6, 2023

Oceans

Historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed – Greenpeace statement

New York, 4 March 2023 - A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations.

by James Hanson March 4, 2023

Rainbow Warrior ship sits half-sunk in a harbour. It is tipped to one side and mostly submerged, with the name and rainbow design on the hull still visible.

Activism

Murder in the Pacific: the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and what happened next

Learn more about the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, and discover the rest of the story.

by Greenpeace UK March 1, 2023

Birds fly above crisp blue water with clumps of yellow grasses on a bright day.

Climate change

Why wetlands are vital for biodiversity and climate change

These biological super systems store up to 50 times more carbon than rainforests and are home to all sorts of life. See stunning images and learn why wetlands are important and how to protect them.

by Angela Glienicke February 23, 2023

monolithic, cream-coloured stone with carved words amongst other stones on a sunny day.

Activism

Three powerful artworks highlighting the struggle to save Britain’s oceans

Greenpeace collaboration with leading artists explores loss, hardship and hope for a better future.

by Aislinn Mulligan February 16, 2023

A humpback whale and calf swim just under the surface of a rich blue ocean

Climate change

Whale warning as clock ticks towards deep sea mining

Scientists warn deep sea mining could be a “significant risk to ocean ecosystems” with “long lasting and irreversible” impacts, including to globally endangered species, like blue whales. Noise and disturbance…

by Alison Kirkman February 14, 2023

Activists hang a banner reading 'Stop drilling start paying' from the flaring rig of an oil platform, high above a port city.

Climate change

After 13 days and nearly 4,000km, Greenpeace occupation of Shell oil platform ends with no arrests

Six Greenpeace International activists, including Imogen Michel from the UK, have ended their 13-day occupation of a major new Shell oil platform destined for the North Sea. They've been demanding that Shell stop drilling and start paying for the damage their fossil fuels have already caused around the world.

by Emily Black February 12, 2023

Fuel poverty protesters walk along a street with banners reading

Environmental justice

Almost 95% of fuel poor households will remain in fuel poverty in 2030 under government’s ‘unlawful’ plans

Greenpeace UK threatens legal action over government’s failure to meet statutory obligations to reduce fuel poverty

by Phil Richards February 9, 2023

Two more Greenpeace climbers board the Shell oil platform that is being transported to an oilfield north of the Shetland Islands.

Activism

BREAKING: Shell threatens Greenpeace protestors with jail and fines, but legal tactics fail as Greenpeace sends second boat and more climbers to occupy oil platform

Action photos and video available here. Shell has attempted to silence Greenpeace International’s peaceful occupation of its oil and gas platform at sea by hitting the campaign group with an…

by Emily Black February 6, 2023

Environmental justice

Shell UK headquarters targeted as it reveals record £32.2bn profits – Activists tell Shell: Stop Drilling. Start Paying

While Shell counts their record-breaking billions, people across the globe count the damage from the record-breaking droughts, heatwaves and floods this oil giant is fuelling

by Jasmine Watkiss February 2, 2023