Welcome to the Greenpeace European Unit

Greenpeace EU’s independent report demonstrates that if the EU set a series of progressive CO2 emission standards for cars and vans up to 2030, oil consumption in Europe would fall by eight percent by 2030, compared to business as usual. This...

European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal of highly dangerous nuclear waste which could poison groundwaters for centuries, a new study concludes.

Many of Europe's fishing fleets have the capacity to fish two to three times more than the sustainable level. This overcapacity has led to the current dire state of European fisheries. In European waters, the level of overfishing is higher than...

One of the biggest threats facing the world’s oceans today is overfishing. The UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that over 75% of all fish stocks are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted. In European waters, the level...

This briefing illustrates why - for now, and for the coming hundreds of thousands of years - the nuclear waste problem is here to stay and why we should stop wasting our time with nuclear power.

Forty years ago, climate change was unheard of, fossil fuels were plentiful and renewable energy from wind, water, sun and heat was little more than a dream. Since then, Europe has developed green energy technologies and adopted strong targets...

The Energy [R]evolution holds its own when compared to other published EU energy scenarios. Its scenario is based on conservative assumptions, a realistic potential assessment and an ambitious political framework to show Europe the road to a...