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Shell threatens Greenpeace protestors with jail and fines: But legal tactics fail as Greenpeace sends second boat and more climbers
Shell has attempted to silence Greenpeace International’s peaceful occupation of its oil and gas platform at sea, by hitting the campaign group with an injunction late on Friday, February 3, threatening up to two years’ jail time and fines
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Shell UK headquarters targeted by Greenpeace activists as it reveals record £32.2bn profits
Shell’s headquarters were targeted by Greenpeace UK activists today, in parallel with an ongoing Greenpeace International peaceful climate justice protest at sea
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Greenpeace climate justice activists board and occupy Shell platform en route to major oilfield with message: ‘STOP DRILLING. START PAYING.’
Greenpeace activists from Argentina, Turkey, the US and the UK have boarded a Shell contracted vessel in the Atlantic Ocean
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Greta Thunberg among thousands protesting against Garzweiler carbon bomb in Lützerath, Germany
Today, thousands of concerned citizens from diverse countries, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, have travelled to the small German village of Lützerath in solidarity with climate activists who are currently trying to stop this area being demolished to access the coal in the ground underneath it. Activists who have been occupying this village for two…
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Hundreds of ultra-short private jet flights to Davos revealed, as global leaders head into World Economic Forum
As lobbyists, corporate bosses and political leaders head into the World Economic Forum 2023 (WEF), new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace International reveals the ecological hypocrisy of its attendees. While the WEF claims to be committed to the 1.5°C Paris Climate Target, its attendees arrive in droves of private jets.
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Greenpeace response on COP28 appointment
Greenpeace is deeply alarmed at the appointment of an oil company CEO to lead the global climate negotiations.
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COP15 recognises Indigenous Peoples’ work, but won’t disarm the threat of mass extinction
“Corporate schemes like nature-based solutions and offsets leeched on to the UN biodiversity talks from start to finish. These are false solutions that may prove to be costly mistakes. The scandals and greenwashing you see in carbon offsetting today are what’s on the menu for biodiversity tomorrow.”
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Stripped down COP15 biodiversity framework draft would leave biodiversity unprotected
The Chinese presidency put forward text that acknowledges the necessary rights, roles, territories and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples but leaves targets wide open for industry to continue biodiversity-destroying activities.
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Indigenous Rights is a red line at COP15
Indigenous leaders sent a clear message to governments inside the COP15 UN biodiversity talks today - Indigenous Rights is a red line.
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Greenpeace calls on Europe to step up biodiversity finance as Canada commits new funding for developing countries to unlock COP15 impasse
COP15 host, Canada announced CAD $255 million in global biodiversity finance.