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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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Would the world change if we taxed the super-rich?
This week we talked with Chenai Mukumba, Executive Director of the Tax Justice Network Africa.
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Greenpeace activists ‘confiscate’ private jets at the airport serving WEF in Davos, urge governments to tax the super-rich
Activists are demanding tangible solutions to the climate and environmental crises, and taking a stand against the empty rhetoric of the powerful elite convening in Davos, many of whom arrived via highly polluting private jet.
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Greenpeace condemns Trump intention to withdraw US from Paris Agreement
US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
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Greenpeace activists protest inside Davos forum urging leaders to tax the super-rich
Having billionaires in positions of leadership, governing with impunity, is a stark reminder of the dangerous intersection of extreme wealth and politics, and its impact on democracy, people and the planet.
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Activists block heliport at Davos to call on governments to tax the super-rich
2025 offers critical opportunities to reform global tax rules and the calls for fair taxation are growing too loud to be ignored. Governments must show true leadership at this time of global need, and go after where the money is.
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Greenpeace Pictures of the Week
Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to its core values of bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.
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Greenpeace statement on Gaza ceasefire deal
We welcome today's ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, Greenpeace calls upon the international community to do everything it can to support the innocent victims of the conflict - the majority of whom are women and children - and to ensure a lasting peace in which Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side.
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Greenpeace Black Sea protest: Proposed gas project could cause tens of thousands premature deaths
Tens of thousands of people worldwide could die prematurely before the end of the century due to extreme temperatures caused by the total greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel company OMV Petrom’s Neptun Deep project
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Greenpeace Pictures of the Week
Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to its core values of bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.
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‘Hell of a year’: Greenpeace comments on hottest year on record, the first to exceed 1.5°C
Reacting to the 2024 Global Climate highlights report by the WMO, Copernicus, Met Office, NASA, and other global climate monitoring organizations showing new climate extremes reached in 2024