There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing fossil fuel giants crumble under the pressure of our collective action. We live for moments where justice is served, through movements big and small, organized by the most passionate people in the world. While 2023 gave us some grim moments, we remained steadfast in our fight for climate justice, and we will continue doing so in the years to come. To quote Greta Thunberg: “When enough people come together, then change will come and we can achieve almost anything. So instead of looking for hope — start creating it.” 

Below are our favorite photos from the actions of our courageous volunteers and activists that will inspire you to take action towards climate justice, wherever you are in the world.

In a final stand, protestors climbed the platform’s 125m flare boom, and waved a banner saying ‘Stop drilling. Start Paying.’ Meanwhile five fellow activists led by Greenpeace Southeast Asia executive director, Yeb Saño, on board Greenpeace Nordic’s 8-meter Tanker Tracker boat sailed out to intercept the 51-000-tonne White Marlin vessel contracted by Shell as it approached the port. © Matthew Kemp / Greenpeace © Matthew Kemp / Greenpeace
In a final stand, protestors climbed the platform’s 125m flare boom, and waved a banner saying ‘Stop drilling. Start Paying.’ Meanwhile five fellow activists led by Greenpeace Southeast Asia executive director, Yeb Saño, on board Greenpeace Nordic’s 8-meter Tanker Tracker boat sailed out to intercept the 51-000-tonne White Marlin vessel contracted by Shell as it approached the port. © Matthew Kemp / Greenpeace
Photo op in the forest of the Pryazhinsky district of the Republic of Karelia for the project "Save Wild Forests". Activists stretched out a 15-meter banner reading "Save Wild Forests" (in Russian) among trees in the forest. © Greenpeace
Photo op in the forest of the Pryazhinsky district of the Republic of Karelia for the project “Save Wild Forests”. Activists stretched out a 15-meter banner reading “Save Wild Forests” (in Russian) among trees in the forest.
© Greenpeace
A hundred climate activists supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate movement groups from 17 countries have disrupted Europe’s biggest private jets sales fair, the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, demanding a ban on private jets.  Activists were peacefully occupying private jets that are exhibited at the business event by Geneva airport, having chained themselves to aircraft gangways and the exhibition entrance in order to keep prospective buyers from entering. The protestors stuck giant tobacco-style health warning labels on the airplanes marking them as toxic objects and warning that ‘private jets burn our future’, ‘kill our planet’, and ‘fuel inequality’. Public service announcements from loudspeakers carried by the activists exposed the dramatic consequences of private jets for our planet and revealed the hypocrisy of promoting private jets amidst rising social inequality. © Thomas Wolf / Stay Grounded
A hundred climate activists supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate movement groups from 17 countries have disrupted Europe’s biggest private jets sales fair, the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, demanding a ban on private jets.  Activists were peacefully occupying private jets that are exhibited at the business event by Geneva airport, having chained themselves to aircraft gangways and the exhibition entrance in order to keep prospective buyers from entering. The protestors stuck giant tobacco-style health warning labels on the airplanes marking them as toxic objects and warning that ‘private jets burn our future’, ‘kill our planet’, and ‘fuel inequality’. Public service announcements from loudspeakers carried by the activists exposed the dramatic consequences of private jets for our planet and revealed the hypocrisy of promoting private jets amidst rising social inequality.
© Thomas Wolf / Stay Grounded
Influencers Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, from Sailing La Vagabonde, hold a sign reading "Woodside Leave Our Reefs Alone", while freediving in the Scott Reef lagoon. While the Rainbow Warrior was in Western Australia, Greenpeace had some very special guests aboard. Riley and Elayna from Sailing La Vagabonde and their two boys - Lenny and Darwin - accompanied the Greenpeace crew on one of our documentation trips at Scott Reef. While we were documenting the biodiversity at risk from Woodside's dirty gas projects, Riley and Elayna were documenting their experience living on the Rainbow Warrior amongst the crew. The video they produced gives viewers an immersive experience of life at sea with Greenpeace. We’re excited for you to see our amazing crew and vessel through their unique style of storytelling. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Influencers Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, from Sailing La Vagabonde, hold a sign reading “Woodside Leave Our Reefs Alone”, while freediving in the Scott Reef lagoon. While the Rainbow Warrior was in Western Australia, Greenpeace had some very special guests aboard. Riley and Elayna from Sailing La Vagabonde and their two boys – Lenny and Darwin – accompanied the Greenpeace crew on one of our documentation trips at Scott Reef. While we were documenting the biodiversity at risk from Woodside’s dirty gas projects, Riley and Elayna were documenting their experience living on the Rainbow Warrior amongst the crew. The video they produced gives viewers an immersive experience of life at sea with Greenpeace. We’re excited for you to see our amazing crew and vessel through their unique style of storytelling.
© Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Women activists with their empty traditional calabash bowls, raise their fists in defiance in Mbour, Senegal to highlight their grassroots campaigns against industrial overfishing and coastal industrialisation and demand government action. They also hold a banner reading "My gourd is empty because of trawlers". © Clément  Tardif / Greenpeace
Women activists with their empty traditional calabash bowls, raise their fists in defiance in Mbour, Senegal to highlight their grassroots campaigns against industrial overfishing and coastal industrialisation and demand government action. They also hold a banner reading “My gourd is empty because of trawlers”. © Clément  Tardif / Greenpeace

Text by Bea Amador and image selection by Sudhanshu Malhotra