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  • Geneva Streets Painted Black to Call Out Big Oil’s Chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty Talks. © Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Plastics

    Still no Plastics Treaty: How the fossil fuel industry keeps polluting negotiations

    It’s time for world leaders to confront the elephant in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiation room: Big Oil.

    Sarah King •
    19 Aug 2025
    7 min read
  • "Made for the bin?!" Action against Fast Fashion in Vienna.
    Stories
    Plastics

    How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution, and violence

    We all have to wear clothes, and they need to be affordable for everyone. But there is a better way.

    Helle Abelvik-Lawson •
    22 Sep 2023
    12 min read
  • Nuclear Power Plant Philippsburg. © Bernd Hartung / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Nuclear, Peace

    6 reasons why nuclear energy is not the way to a green and peaceful world

    With the costs and efficiency of renewable energy solutions improving year on year, and the effects of our rapidly changing climate accelerating across the globe, we need to take an honest look at some of the myths being perpetuated by the nuclear industry and its supporters. Here are six reasons why nuclear power is not…

    Mehdi Leman •
    18 Mar 2022
    8 min read
  • Crew of the Greenpeace. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere
    Stories
    50Years

    A Brief History of Environmentalism

    Anthropologists have found evidence of human-induced animal and plant extinctions from 50,000 BCE, when only about 200,000 Homo sapiens roamed the Earth. We can only speculate about how these early humans reacted, but migrating to new habitats appears to be a common response.

    Rex Weyler •
    5 Jan 2018
    8 min read

  • Photo Opp ET Anti-Slapp Lawsuit outside Courthouse in Amsterdam. © Tengbeh Kamara / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    EnergyTransferSLAPP

    Greenpeace International’s landmark anti-SLAPP case going forward after North Dakota judge rejects Energy Transfer request for anti-suit injunction

    Greenpeace International’s landmark anti-intimidation lawsuit against Energy Transfer continues in the Netherlands after a North Dakota judge rejected the pipeline company's attempt to avoid accountability under the European Union’s anti-SLAPP laws.

    Greenpeace International •
    10 Sep 2025
    3 min read
  • Photo Opp ET Anti-Slapp Lawsuit outside Courthouse in Amsterdam. © Tengbeh Kamara / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    EnergyTransferSLAPP

    Greenpeace International calls on North Dakota court to reject Energy Transfer’s attempt to avoid accountability under EU law

    Greenpeace International met Energy Transfer in a hearing to address the company’s request for an anti-suit injunction protecting it from accountability under Dutch and European Union law.

    Greenpeace International •
    20 Aug 2025
    3 min read
  • Protect the Oceans Projection onto Brooklyn Bridge. ©  POW / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Oceans

    Ocean Treaty talks resume as calls for strong high seas sanctuaries intensify

    Greenpeace called on governments to agree on the process for the first protected areas under the Global Ocean Treaty as the BBNJ Preparatory Commission talks resume at the United Nations Headquarters

    Greenpeace International •
    20 Aug 2025
    2 min read
  • Global Day of Action for Climate Justice in Quezon City. © Jilson Tiu / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    AlternativeFutures Climate

    Early signals for change as countries show willingness to rewrite unjust tax rules

    It is outrageous that the super-rich and corporate polluters keep profiting from destruction while people and the planet pay the price.

    Greenpeace International •
    15 Aug 2025
    1 min read
  • Plastics Treaty Now Banner at INC5.2 in Geneva. © Jack Taylor Gotch / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Plastics

    INC 5.2: “The inability to reach an agreement in Geneva must be a wake up call for the world”, Greenpeace statement

    The vast majority of governments want a strong agreement, yet a handful of bad actors were allowed to use process to drive such ambition into the ground.

    Greenpeace International •
    15 Aug 2025
    1 min read
  • Airborne Microplastics Sampling in Geneva, Switzerland. © Marc Meier / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Plastics

    Greenpeace air sampling in Geneva finds microplastics in urban air

    As governments enter the second week of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, the research highlights an invisible but widespread part of the plastic pollution crisis.

    Greenpeace International •
    11 Aug 2025
    3 min read
  • Greenpeace activists paint Geneva streets black to call out Big Oil’s chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty talks. © Samuel Schalch / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Plastics Actions

    Greenpeace activists paint Geneva streets black to call out Big Oil’s chokehold on Global Plastic Treaty talks, demand UN kicks out fossil fuel lobbyists

    Greenpeace activists created a symbolic trail of black oil on the entrance of the Palais des Nations to call out the undue influence of the fossil fuel industry in the negotiations.

    Greenpeace International •
    7 Aug 2025
    2 min read
  • Action at Las Setas ahead of the UN FfD4 Conference in Seville. © Pedro Armestre / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    AlternativeFutures PollutersPayPact

    UN tax talks could push polluters and billionaires to pay for harm to climate and nature

    Practices like tax dodging and profit shifting are depriving countries of vital resources needed for development and climate goals.

    Greenpeace International •
    4 Aug 2025
    3 min read
  • Indonesian fishers resist Bumble Bee’s attempt to dismiss their suit. © Sandy Huffaker / Greenpeace
    Press Releases
    Oceans Health

    Indonesian fishers respond to US seafood company’s attempt to dismiss forced labour suit

    This move is more than just a legal strategy; it is an attempt to avoid accountability, silence vulnerable workers, and protect corporate interests over human dignity.

    Greenpeace International •
    1 Aug 2025
    4 min read
  • Weaponised aid is not aid. Stop the siege of Gaza.
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    Peace

    Deliberate starvation of Palestinian people by Israel in Gaza must stop

    The starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime and must be stopped immediately. 

    Greenpeace International •
    30 Jul 2025
    1 min read
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