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Climate change

Budget 2023: what it means for energy bills and climate change

The government had a chance to tackle the cost of living, energy and climate crises with the 2023 budget. But did they rise to the occasion?

by Mal Chadwick March 15, 2023

Plastic

UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025 by reducing plastic across 54 grocery categories

Supermarkets could make big cuts to the amount of plastic waste they produce by zeroing in on just a few ‘problem products’ responsible for a big chunk of their plastic…

by Alexandra Sedgwick September 1, 2020

Environmental justice

3 powerful moments in black environmental activism

During Black History Month, we are celebrating the invaluable contribution of black people to the global movement for environmental justice. Here are three powerful acts of protest against environmental destruction…

by Sam Chetan-Welsh October 23, 2019

Arctic

5 ways that people power helped defeat Shell

Thanks to people power, Shell is giving up drilling for oil in the Alaskan Arctic. Here are five ways public campaigning puts pressure on a huge opponent like Shell.

by Fran Grobke October 15, 2015

Activism

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill – an open letter from civil society

This Bill represents an attack on some of the most fundamental rights of citizens, in particular those from marginalised communities. We urge the government to fundamentally rethink its approach.

March 16, 2021

Activists outside the grand entrance to Unilever's London office display a banner that says 'profit warning: plastic polluted money'.

Environmental justice

Unilever profit warning delivered by Greenpeace UK as activists scale HQ in plastic pollution protest

On the eve of Unilever’s profits announcement Greenpeace UK have scaled the company’s HQ erecting a huge sign reading 'PROFIT WARNING - Plastic Polluted Money'.

by Graham Thompson February 7, 2024

Climbers on a building unveil a big black banner with yellow text. The banner reads: Make big oil pay

Environmental justice

BREAKING: Climbers scale Mayfair hotel as Greta Thunberg joins protesters outside major oil conference

Activists abseiled down with a 30m banner saying 'Make Big Oil Pay’

by Joe Evans October 17, 2023

A toddler sitting on his father's shoulders as he wades through deep floodwater

Climate change

Climate change affects rich and poor unequally. Climate justice redresses the balance

Climate change is already harming people's lives, but those effects are not being felt equally around the world. People in poorer countries and communities are facing the brunt of the…

by Harpreet Kaur Paul March 9, 2020

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

Aerial photo of a grand country house draped in black fabric. Activists on the roof hold a banner saying 'no new oil'.

Oil and gas

Why Greenpeace activists covered Rishi Sunak’s house in black fabric

Sunak is backing a major expansion of oil and gas drilling in the middle of the climate crisis.

by Greenpeace UK August 3, 2023