Climate change

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Climate change

Time for the government to treat the climate as a frontline crisis

The impacts of climate change have never been closer to home. This summer in the UK we experienced widespread drought, surgeries cancelled and schools closing due to extreme heat, farmers…

September 7, 2026

Oil and gas

Tice speech interrupted by Greenpeace banner

Stills and footage available here. Deputy Leader Richard Tice’s speech to the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham was disrupted by an automated banner rising from the stage. Greenpeace unfurled…

by Greenpeace UK Press Office September 4, 2026

An artwork in white paint on the ashes of a recent wildfire in Conwy, North Wales. The piece reads

Oil and gas

Activists paint giant climate warning to Burnham on mountainside scorched by wildfires

Greenpeace has delivered a powerful message to Andy Burnham in a land artwork on the site of an extinguished wildfire in North Wales, urging the new PM to take serious…

by Molly Robson August 17, 2026

Climate change

Watering down EV policy “wrong turn” for drivers, economy and climate

Commenting on the government consultation on changing the ZEV mandate published today, Greenpeace UK’s head of politics Ami McCarthy (they/them) said: “Any watering down of this policy would be a…

by Stefano Gelmini August 14, 2026

Oil and gas

Shell pockets equivalent of an average UK annual salary ‘every 37 seconds’ as Greenpeace targets oil giant over ‘shameful’ Q2 profits

Greenpeace activists deployed an electric advertising van across central London this morning to coincide with Shell's colossal second-quarter earnings announcement. The stunt highlights what the organisation described as the "obscene"…

by Molly Robson July 30, 2026

Climate change

Leaky pipes waste five times more water than hosepipe bans save

Water firms in England and Wales are wasting around five times more water through leaky pipes than a nationwide hosepipe ban could save, a Greenpeace UK analysis of official figures…

by Stefano Gelmini July 18, 2026

Climate change

Number of full-time workers at Jackdaw gas field couldn’t fill a small bus

New evidence from Jackdaw developer Adura's own Environmental Impact Assessment casts serious doubt on repeated claims that the controversial North Sea oil and gas project will create hundreds of new…

by Molly Robson July 17, 2026

Climate change

Sleep loss, spoiled food, ill health – major new survey reveals heatwave’s impact on UK households

June’s historic heatwave caused mass sleep deprivation, forced millions to throw away spoiled food and left over half the country trapped in homes they can't afford to cool, fresh polling…

by Alexandra Sedgwick July 7, 2026

An activist stands on top of a stone tower waving a huge flag with the slogan

Climate change

Leading Environmental Groups Set Six ‘Tests’ for Next Prime Minister

Thirteen of the UK's leading environmental organisations have proposed six ‘tests’ for the next prime minister as Keir Starmer prepares to hand over the keys to Number 10. They cover…

by Kai Tabacek July 6, 2026

Climate change

Open letter to the UK’s next Prime Minister

Decisions made today will determine whether the UK secures a cleaner, safer and more prosperous future. At the same time as households face rising living costs, climate change and nature loss are also threatening our economic stability, food security and public health.…

July 6, 2026