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Why the UNEP 1.5°C overshoot report must be an urgent call to action on climate change
The UNEP’s new report ‘Limiting Overshoot’ outlines a pathway called “overshoot, peak and decline” to minimise and adapt to the impacts of an exceedance and an eventual return to 1.5°C.
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The human, environmental and economic cost of the war on Iran
Six months into the US-Israeli war on Iran, people are paying the price in lives, environmental damage and higher bills. The crisis shows how dependence on fossil fuels leaves people exposed to volatile prices and future shocks.
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What the ‘natural’ disasters of 2026 reveal about climate change
Record-shattering global temperatures across land and sea are the grim reality of climate crisis, and the reason we need an immediate transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
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The energy and environmental impact of AI and how it undermines democracy
How does AI affect the environment? From data centre pollution in New Jersey to economic threats in Ireland, we look at how the tech boom impacts global ecosystems.
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Nine people indicted for abusing crew members on Taiwan owned fishing vessel – Greenpeace response
They were charged for their suspected involvement in the abuse of 20 Indonesian and Filipino workers.
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Poisoned Gifts
Nowhere is the failure of the fast fashion linear business model more visible than in the countries where many of these cheap clothes end up once their short lives are over. Greenpeace Germany went to Kenya and Tanzania to witness the problem of imported textile waste in these countries and to find out about some…
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How Fast Fashion is using the Global South as a dumping ground for textile waste
Nowhere is the failure of the fast fashion linear business model more visible than in the countries where many of these cheap clothes end up once their short lives are over. I went on a research trip to Kenya and Tanzania to witness the problem of imported textile waste in these countries.
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A tribute to Earth – in pictures
I am often asked, what drives me in my fight for the planet? Indeed, it has been difficult and frustrating to see the damage that humans have, and are continuing to, inflict on Earth. Now, more than ever.
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The game changers on climate
We need to make sure science isn’t ignored, but acted on.
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Humpback whale call unknown to science is recorded for the first time
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown "impulsive sound" that has never been recorded before.
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Is your money funding Putin’s war machine?
European finance institutions must stop providing finance to Russian fossil fuel companies and transition away from fossil fuel investments.
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Why is the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 so important?
The 15th meeting to be held in Kunming, China in Fall 2022 is our best chance to stop biodiversity loss on the global scale before it further deteriorates beyond our control.
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The invasion of Ukraine is supercharging food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is accelerating a global food crisis. In the Middle East and North Africa where I live, a region that includes already-fragile countries like Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, many households are struggling against soaring food prices.
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Thousands of Indigenous People call for an end to Amazon destruction and violence
The collective voice of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil can be heard loudly and clearly: Stop the Amazon destruction and violence against the Guardians of the Forest.