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Victorine holds a banner in front of the Arctic Sunrise ship.

Activism

“From Cameroon to Germany, no-one is safe from climate destruction. It’s time for polluters to pay.”

How many more people need to die or be displaced, and how much more of nature needs to be destroyed, before it's enough? Fossil fuel companies must stop drilling and start paying for the loss and damage they have caused.

by Victorine Che Thoener January 31, 2023

Virginia looks into the camera with a serious expression. She wears a tshirt with a climate justice slogan.

Activism

“My new home was a dream come true – then climate disaster struck”

Now I’m making sure fossil fuel companies are held responsible for the lives they’ve destroyed.

by Virginia Benosa-Llorin January 31, 2023

Yeb Saño stands in a forest, looking past the camera pensively.

Activism

“The typhoon ripped through my home town”: activists on why they’re taking action against Shell

For many of the activists and crew involved, this is personal. Here, they share what Shell’s climate crimes have taken from them and their communities.

by Greenpeace UK January 31, 2023

Aerial shot of Shell's ship with the giant oil platform on the deck, accompanied by a smaller escort ship.

Activism

How Greenpeace activists occupied a Shell platform heading for a major oil and gas field

Activists from climate-hit countries exposed Shell's reckless plans to drill for more oil and gas, as the company announced record profits. The protest was Greenpeace’s longest ever occupation of a moving oil platform.

by Greenpeace UK January 31, 2023

Giant red cylindrical oil platform travels on a ship along the ocean. Activist boats zoom towards it. It looks like David approaching Goliath because they're so small in comparison.

Activism

BREAKING: Greenpeace activists board and occupy Shell vessel en route to major North Sea oilfield with message: ‘STOP DRILLING. START PAYING.’

Four activists occupy ship carrying oil production platform to Shell's Penguins oil field in the North Sea to highlight the worldwide climate devastation caused by Shell

by Phil Richards January 31, 2023

A row of activists hold up a large banner (message not visible). One activist looks into the camera with a determined expression.

Activism

Who does what on a Greenpeace protest?

There are dozens of roles that combine to make each Greenpeace action a success. Here are some of the things you can do as an activist.

by Greenpeace UK January 20, 2023

Activism

Five things people get wrong about activism

Everyone has a part to play in fighting the climate crisis, but there are lots of myths flying around that can stop people getting involved. Let's set the record straight.

by Greenpeace UK January 20, 2023

Plastic

“Five years of wasted action on plastic” – Greenpeace responds to deposit return scheme announcement

Several years since then Environment Secretary Michael Gove promised to deliver a deposit return scheme to tackle pollution, the Government has signalled that a scheme is ‘a step closer’, though…

by Luke Massey January 20, 2023

Aerial view of a giant fishing ship with a net trailing behind it

Oceans

Government plans to manage fishing in Marine Protected Areas is unambitious in the face of the industrial fishing frenzy

A Defra consultation announced today is way too slow to deal with the industrial fishing frenzy gripping our so-called Marine Protected Areas

by Jasmine Watkiss January 17, 2023

Activists sit around the wheels of a private jet sitting on a runway. More activists on bikes are riding towards them.

Air travel

Private jet emissions quadrupled during 2022 World Economic Forum

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13 January 2023 – New analysis commissioned by Greenpeace International shows 1,040 private jet flights in and out of airports serving the Swiss mountain resort of Davos during…

by Jonathan Purcell January 13, 2023