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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

  • Cashews being sold at the Farmer's Market in Lábrea, Amazon
    Stories
    Forests Food

    Ecological agriculture: a healthy system that’s good for people and the forest

    Traditional farming practices revived by Indigenous Peoples show there are solutions to industrial agriculture that puts people and nature first.

    Henrique Beirangê •
    28 Oct 2021
    7 min read
  • Global Climate Demonstration in Luxembourg. © Lise Bockler / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate

    COP26: Everything you need to know about the UN Climate Summit

    The 26th UN Climate Summit is taking place from 31st October to 12th November and represents the world’s next best chance for decisive climate action.

    Gaby Flores •
    22 Oct 2021
    5 min read
  • 2nd Climate Strike 2021 in Berlin. © Sina Niemeyer / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Climate

    4 demands we have for COP26: the time is now



    COP26 must end the fossil fuel era, deliver drastic urgent emissions cuts, and support the vulnerable.

    Gaby Flores •
    22 Oct 2021
    6 min read
  • Youth climate activist Gabriel Klassen with a fellow activist at a climate strike
    Stories
    Climate

    10 African youth climate activists changing the face of the planet

    Africa causes the least climate-wrecking emissions but bears the brunt of climate disaster. Meet 10 African youth climate activists demanding decision-makers protect people from the climate crisis.

    Angelo Louw •
    21 Oct 2021
    7 min read
  • Smoke from the fires in the Amazon cover the sky. September 2021
    Stories
    Forests Health Fires Amazon

    The health impacts of the smoke from the fires in the Amazon

    Smoke from forest fires in the Amazon, which can travel many kilometers, is linked to an increase in hospitalizations in the region due to respiratory diseases and even to a higher incidence of cancer.

    Rosana Villar •
    21 Oct 2021
    8 min read
  • An aerial view of the village
    Stories
    Food

    Better food systems: Championing heirloom rice

    Langit Collective promotes and sells heirloom rice produced by the Lun Bawang community in Sarawak, Malaysia, to help support the livelihoods of farmers, encourage sustainable farming and preserve seeds that have been passed down through generations.

    Tan Lee Kuen •
    21 Oct 2021
    4 min read
  • Volunteers helping out at the Chiangmai Urban Farm.
    Stories
    Food

    Building better food systems for people and nature

    As part of World Food Day, we present the first in a series of stories that spotlights individuals and small organisations helping to build food sovereignty and sustainable farming practices, support smallholding farmers and Indigenous people, and fight climate change.

    Tan Lee Kuen •
    16 Oct 2021
    4 min read
  • Cattle Farm in the Amazon © Greenpeace / Daniel Beltrá
    Stories
    Forests Food Health

    4 myths about industrial agriculture

    Industrial agriculture wants you to believe that we need large-scale production of livestocks and crops full of pesticides to feed the world. But there are better, more sustainable and healthy ways to produce food that puts people and the planet first.

    Diego Gonzaga •
    15 Oct 2021
    4 min read
  • Remedios Bobillo Jimenez stands with a banner protesting against the smell and pollution caused by a factory farm.
    Stories
    Consumption Food Climate Health

    Rural women unite against industrial farming pollution

    “The cities must hear what is happening in rural areas. We must understand that what we eat in the cities comes from a country area."

    Lorea Flores •
    15 Oct 2021
    4 min read
  • Fire Monitoring in the Amazon in September, 2021. © Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace
    Stories
    Forests Fires Amazon

    Amazon Expedition: Where is deforestation advancing?

    The development strategy for the southern region of the Amazon, although framed as sustainable, is based on industrial agriculture and not on sustainable practices, in which policies are geared towards large-scale properties. 

    Cristiane Mazzetti •
    14 Oct 2021
    4 min read
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