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

  • Fatou Samba in Bargny. © Julien Flosse / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate

    6 African women shaping the climate conversation

    There are many women who will not be silenced when it comes to conversations around their futures, and they're shaping the way we think about the climate crisis

    Angelo Louw and Safina Okumu •
    7 Mar 2022
    6 min read
  • Image shows Greenpeace volunteers lighting hundreds of candles reading "No War" in a vigil at the St. Nikolai memorial in Hamburg, Germany
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    EnergyRevolution Nuclear Oil Peace

    How to help people affected by the Ukraine war

    The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has been condemned around the world, and people throughout the country are at risk. Here's how you can help.

    Jamie Woolley and Safina Okumu •
    7 Mar 2022
    1 min read
  • Chinese Squid Boat in Northern Indian Ocean Fisheries Documentation. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Oceans

    Squid games that are costing the planet

    As governments meet at the UN to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans, a shocking new report exposes a rapidly growing and largely unregulated squid fishing industry that’s out of control. 

    Will McCallum •
    7 Mar 2022
    2 min read
  • IPCC Report: Activists Call on the Government to Take Action in Luxembourg. © Frederic Meys / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate IPCC

    5 things you need know about the new IPCC WG2 report

    The world’s leading climate scientists just released their latest assessment on the impacts of climate change and how and to what extent those impacts can be adapted to.

    Kaisa Kosonen •
    28 Feb 2022
    5 min read
  • Africa Lives - People at Dandora Dumpsite in Kenya. © Greenpeace Africa
    Stories
    Plastics Consumption

    #PlasticsTreaty: Why a global plastics treaty is essential to Africa

    Policy-makers at UNEA-5.2 don’t have to look very far from where they are right now to understand why an ambitious global plastics treaty is necessary.

    Angelo Louw •
    18 Feb 2022
    4 min read
  • March in Mar del Plata against Offshore Oil Exploration Part 2. © Maximiliano Gutiérrez / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate Oceans Oil

    How people power helped save the Argentine Sea from oil companies

    When the Argentine State ruled in favor of oil companies, Greenpeace Argentina took action.

    Laura Colombo •
    16 Feb 2022
    5 min read
  • The Esperanza in French Guiana waters © Pierre Baelen / Greenpeace
    Stories
    AboutUs Esperanza

    Hope floats: the Greenpeace Esperanza retires after two decades, but the light shines on

    For over 20 years, the Greenpeace ship 'Esperanza' - 'Hope' in English' - lit up the darkness in the fight to protect the environment. Its voyage has now come to an end, leaving behind a proud legacy.

    Greenpeace International •
    14 Feb 2022
    4 min read
  • Global Climate Strike March in Mexico. © Víctor Ceballos / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate IPCC

    Look up! Another warning by IPCC climate scientists is heading our way

    The next part of the IPCC assessment is coming and will pick up where the previous one left off: on the impacts of the climate crisis on humanity and the ecosystems we depend on.

    Gaby Flores •
    7 Feb 2022
    3 min read
  • School children in Ghana look over plastic waste
    Stories
    Plastics Consumption

    #PlasticsTreaty: Stop exploiting African and other global majority countries with ‘waste colonialism’

    Richer countries are scrambling to find nations in the global majority to ship their waste off to. Angelo Louw unpacks waste colonialism and the need for a strong global plastic treaty

    Angelo Louw •
    2 Feb 2022
    4 min read
  • Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and cover of her new book
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    Climate

    Book excerpt: Education for girls is essential for climate justice

    Climate activist Vanessa Nakate discusses the impact African women and girls can have on solving the climate crisis once their access to education is ensured

    Vanessa Nakate •
    2 Feb 2022
    6 min read
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