2022 was another difficult year for many of us. The world tried to get back to normal but the meaning of normal has changed for many. This year, we witnessed nature’s fury in full force. Record-breaking heat waves in Europe, Africa, America and China caused wildfires, droughts and deaths, drying up lakes and rivers across the world. Pakistan experienced its worst-ever flooding, submerging one-third of the country and affecting 33 million people.

We are living in a Climate Emergency, and we need to act fast and courageously if we are to save the planet for future generations. With the massive will of activists and volunteers, we can still make an impact and push our governments to take urgent action for humanity. 

These images are just a small selection of the courage of the collective will as the people take action. Looking at them, I feel hopeful and inspired by the continued fight for people and the planet. 

Greenpeace Indonesia holds a Chasing The Shadow (CATS) bicycle tour from Jakarta to Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya and finish in Bali to bearing witness the climate crisis impacts in Indonesia. The first leg is from Jakarta to Bandung city. © Veri Sanovri / Greenpeace © Veri Sanovri / Greenpeace
Greenpeace Indonesia holds a Chasing The Shadow (CATS) bicycle tour from Jakarta to Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya and finish in Bali to bearing witness the climate crisis impacts in Indonesia. The first leg is from Jakarta to Bandung city. © Veri Sanovri / Greenpeace
Protests are happening across Europe to stop deforestation. Several organizations, as part of the #Together4Forests coalition, call on EU and EU ministers to improve the EU-law to prevent deforestation. In Sweden, the demonstration is held in Muonio Sameby in Pajala municipality, a Sami village that is strongly affected by deforestation through intensive forestry. © Jason White / Greenpeace © Jason White / Greenpeace
Protests are happening across Europe to stop deforestation. Several organizations, as part of the #Together4Forests coalition, call on EU and EU ministers to improve the EU-law to prevent deforestation. In Sweden, the demonstration is held in Muonio Sameby in Pajala municipality, a Sami village that is strongly affected by deforestation through intensive forestry. © Jason White / Greenpeace
On the occasion of the G7 Summit in Elmau, 10 Greenpeace activists protested at the Waxenstein near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A mountain bonfire in the shape of a peace sign with a diameter of 60 meters lit on the slope. On banners they demanded: "G7: Exit Fossils, Enter Peace" and "G7: Stop Gas, Oil and Coal Now". Images formed from fire in the mountain peaks are a tradition in the Alpine region for the summer solstice, dating back to the Middle Ages. © Bernd Lauter / Greenpeace
On the occasion of the G7 Summit in Elmau, 10 Greenpeace activists protested at the Waxenstein near Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A mountain bonfire in the shape of a peace sign with a diameter of 60 meters lit on the slope. On banners, they demanded: “G7: Exit Fossils, Enter Peace” and “G7: Stop Gas, Oil and Coal Now”. Images formed from fire in the mountain peaks are a tradition in the Alpine region for the summer solstice, dating back to the Middle Ages. © Bernd Lauter / Greenpeace
Bessie Byrne, Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner snorkeling with a sign on the great barrier reef. © Greenpeace / Grumpy Turtle / Harriet Spark © Greenpeace / Grumpy Turtle / Harriet Spark
Bessie Byrne, Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner snorkeling with a sign on the great barrier reef. © Greenpeace / Grumpy Turtle / Harriet Spark
Emma Thompson on board the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior in Venice supports the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships in the European Union holding a banner against greenwashing. If the petition collects one million signatures in a year, the European Commission is obliged to respond to the proposal. © Greenpeace / Lorenzo Moscia © Greenpeace / Lorenzo Moscia
Emma Thompson on board the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior in Venice supports the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships in the European Union holding a banner against greenwashing. If the petition collects one million signatures in a year, the European Commission is obliged to respond to the proposal. © Greenpeace / Lorenzo Moscia
Greenpeace activists demonstrate in the Fehmarn Belt with a RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) against oil imports from Russia, which help finance Putin's war in Ukraine. The activists paint "OIL IS WAR" on the side of the tanker “Stamos”, that delivers crude oil from the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to Rotterdam. © Axel Heimken / Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists demonstrate in the Fehmarn Belt with a RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) against oil imports from Russia, which help finance Putin’s war in Ukraine. The activists paint “OIL IS WAR” on the side of the tanker “Stamos”, that delivers crude oil from the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga to Rotterdam. © Axel Heimken / Greenpeace
A woman stands in a corn field holding a banner that reads: Make Food Not Fuel
Photo OP in the sunflower and corn fields in Austria to build awareness regarding the use of crops as biofuels. © Mitja  Kobal / Greenpeace
A group of senior Swiss women lay giant band-aids on newly exposed earth between the melting Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron Glaciers, to protest the Swiss government’s inaction on the growing climate emergency and its impacts on health. © Matthias Lüscher / Greenpeace © Matthias Lüscher / Greenpeace
A group of senior Swiss women lay giant band-aids on newly exposed earth between the melting Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron Glaciers, to protest the Swiss government’s inaction on the growing climate emergency and its impacts on health. © Matthias Lüscher / Greenpeace
Greenpeace visits places of textile production, distribution, markets and waste disposals. Used and new clothes are sent to Kenya from Europe and China to be sold as so called "Mitumba" but often they end up as landfill and waste disposal due to the huge amount. © Kevin McElvaney / Greenpeace
Greenpeace visits places of textile production, distribution, markets and waste disposal. Used and new clothes are sent to Kenya from Europe and China to be sold as so called “Mitumba” but often they end up as landfill and waste disposal due to the huge amount. © Kevin McElvaney / Greenpeace
A shadow of Greenpeace Indonesia activist holds the banner reading "This Machine Fights Climate Change" during a commemoration of World Bicycle Day and World Environment Day in Jakarta. Thousands of cyclists from the Bike To Work communities joined the rallies. © Jurnasyanto Sukarno / Greenpeace
A shadow of Greenpeace Indonesia activist holds the banner reading “This Machine Fights Climate Change” during a commemoration of World Bicycle Day and World Environment Day in Jakarta. Thousands of cyclists from the Bike To Work communities joined the rallies. © Jurnasyanto Sukarno / Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is celebrating a 'week of action' to stand in solidarity with other Youth and Civil Society Organisations from the Pacific, and around the world, that are taking the world’s biggest problem to the world’s highest court. © Steven Lilo / Greenpeace© Steven Lilo / Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is celebrating a ‘week of action’ to stand in solidarity with other Youth and Civil Society Organisations from the Pacific, and around the world, that are taking the world’s biggest problem to the world’s highest court. © Steven Lilo / Greenpeace