Steve Sawyer

Steve, now 48, lives in Amsterdam with his partner and former Greenpeace Antarctic campaign director, Kelly Rigg, and their teenage daughter and son. Steve now runs the policy project for Greenpeace International's climate and energy campaign, lobbying governments and corporations on energy policies and attending marathon meetings of the now-operative Kyoto climate treaty.

After the bombing, he became director of Greenpeace USA in Washington, In 1988, he moved to Greenpeace International in England succeeding Greenpeace co-founder David McTaggart as Executive Director.With the exception of a short stint running his own antique furniture business and dabbling in the film industry after stepping down from the top job, he has been involved in Greenpeace's climate campaign ever since. A seasoned campaigner on board Greenpeace boats and a tireless lobbyist, he led three Arctic expeditions in the late 1990s, and represented the organisation at both landmark UN World Summits on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and Johannesburg in 2002. A keen rock guitarist, he likes to kick back and jam with his old Greenpeace mates whenever the chance presents itself.



Steve leads the expedition to evacuate the residents of Rongelap in 1985.



Listen to Steve talk about nuclear weapons and climate change.