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A flame bursts from the arm of a large oil rig in the sea

Climate change

Legal battle over government’s new oil and gas licences begins in High Court

Today (Tuesday) Greenpeace and Uplift are in the High Court for the hearing of a Judicial Review challenging the UK government’s reckless decision to greenlight a new oil and gas…

by Florri Burton July 25, 2023

Air pollution

Building new roads just creates more traffic. Here’s the proof.

Some people assume that building more roads would help us get around quicker. But decades of evidence shows that it actually makes traffic and congestion much worse. The government should learn this lesson before it’s too late.

by Priya Surendra October 14, 2020

Waves lap piles of wreckage and rubble from destroyed houses on a beach.

Loss and damage: who foots the bill for climate destruction?

The ‘loss and damage’ debate is about the harm caused by climate change, and how it should be paid for. In recent years, it has risen up the agenda, along with calls for polluters to pay up.

by Leah Das January 31, 2023

A man playing a grand piano on an island in the Arctic, surrounded by iceberg and ice floes

Activism

Greenpeace’s greatest hits: 50 years of working with music’s biggest icons

Greenpeace UK plays the hits! From Joni Mitchell in 1970 to an online festival featuring Arlo Parks in 2020, and many more in between.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson September 24, 2021

A dry road cuts through a flooded landscape. The floods stretch far into the distant horizon.

Climate change

You’re not imagining it – there really were a lot of climate disasters this summer

Sometimes climate change seems far away, then we’re hit with heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires. 2022’s summer of disasters broke records worldwide.

by Leah Das September 16, 2022

A Greenpeace inflatable boat splashes over a wave. On board, activists hold up climate emergency banners. A giant oil platform can be seen in the background.

Impact report 2019

Our annual report shows the work we undertook in 2019 to expose environmental abuse and to champion solutions that safeguard the long-term health of our planet. None of this would…

by Greenpeace UK May 7, 2020

Climate change

5 new year’s resolutions to future-proof your 2020 and ring in a green new decade

Ready to make some new year's resolutions? Making better choices and breaking bad habits is especially important for environmentalists in 2020 – the first year of the last decade for taking serious action on climate change. Here are 5 ideas to kickstart your greenest decade yet.

by Farheen Akhter December 11, 2019

Impact reports

Greenpeace works to expose environmental abuse and champion solutions that safeguard the future of our planet. Our impact reports show what we've achieved together each year.

by Leah Das May 11, 2022

Climate change

Affordable energy calculator Q&A

What is the Affordable Energy Calculator tool? A tool that allows users to to input data about their home, and estimate: What their energy bills would be in 2030 with…

February 27, 2023

Nature and wildlife

Global Ocean Protection: Opportunities in the new Parliament

This briefing outlines the opportunities for the new government to become a global leader on biodiversity and ocean protection

September 12, 2024