Climate defenders in Australia, the Rainbow Warrior bids farewell to Brazil, and celebrating the Global Ocean Treaty coming into force in the U.K. Here are a few highlights of Greenpeace work around the world over the first weeks of 2026.

Greenpeace Australia Pacific returns to Lost Paradise Music & Arts Festival to celebrate the beauty of our wild planet and the movement working to protect it. Collaborating with artist Elin Matilda Andersson, Greenpeace created limited edition merchandise (tshirts, hats and hand-fans) as well as a large scale photo wall for festival-goers to interact with, and an animated video that featured on the main stage. Greenpeace staff and volunteers ran a workshop 'What it takes to change the world: Celebrating nature and climate wins' and joined ally orgs and environmental advocates on a panel discussion on climate action and ocean protection.
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🇦🇺 Australia – Greenpeace Australia Pacific returns to Lost Paradise Music & Arts Festival in Glenworth Valley, New South Wales, to celebrate the beauty of our wild planet and the movement working to protect it.

The Greenpeace activist ship Rainbow Warrior welcomed more than 10,000 visitors over eight days of public tours in three Brazilian capitals. The ship’s journey through the country strengthened public engagement around climate justice, ecosystem protection, and ocean conservation. The tour began in Belém during COP30, where the Rainbow Warrior helped amplify pressure on global negotiations for real climate solutions and for increased funding to reach the communities that protect forests and other biomes. The ship then docked in Recife and Rio de Janeiro under the banner “From the Hills to the Sea — Climate Justice for Those Who Resist,” highlighting the unequal impacts of the climate crisis on people living in vulnerable territories and on coastal communities whose livelihoods depend on the ocean. The agenda also reinforced the urgent need for cities to adapt to extreme weather events and the new climate reality. Greenpeace Brazil thanks the organizations, community leaders, partners, supporters, and visitors who joined this journey and helped strengthen the national conversation on climate justice.
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🇧🇷 Brazil – The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior bids farewell to Brazil after a tour across three capital cities following COP30 in Belém.

Greenpeace celebrates the imminent entry into force of the historic UN High Seas Protection Agreement (BBNJ) with an art event in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Greenpeace activists lay out a 5 x 8 metre 3D floor banner that transforms the square into a colourful underwater world. The agreement will enter into force worldwide on 17 January 2026. Ratification by Germany is still pending. Seen here: Greenpeace Campaigner Ocean Protection Franziska Saalmann.
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🇩🇪 Germany – Greenpeace celebrates the imminent entry into force of the historic UN High Seas Protection Agreement (BBNJ) with an art event in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Greenpeace activists lay out a 5 x 8 metre 3D floor banner that transforms the square into a colourful underwater world. The agreement will enter into force worldwide on 17 January 2026. Ratification by Germany is still pending. Seen here is Greenpeace Campaigner Ocean Protection Franziska Saalmann.

A striking new mural is unveiled in St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex, to celebrate a landmark moment for global ocean protection: the High Seas Treaty coming into force. The UK artwork, by Richt, features a message in a bottle, a call to action for the UK government to complete signing the ocean Treaty into law as soon as possible, joining the 81 nations including China, France, Japan, Spain, Mexico and Brazil who have already done so.
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🇬🇧 U.K. – A striking new mural is unveiled in St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex, to celebrate a landmark moment for global ocean protection: the High Seas Treaty coming into force. The UK artwork, by Richt, features a message in a bottle, a call to action for the UK government to complete signing the ocean Treaty into law as soon as possible, joining the 81 nations including China, France, Japan, Spain, Mexico and Brazil who have already done so.

A portrait of Mariasi Aritonang in front of her home that was affected by the flash flood in Tukka Subdistrict, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra.
© Alif R Nouddy Korua / Greenpeace

🇮🇩 Indonesia – A portrait of Mariasi Aritonang in front of her home that was affected by the flash floods in Tukka Subdistrict, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra.

As part of the official launch of the Greenpeace Africa office in Mauritius, our creative partner, renowned Mauritian artist Daphne Doomun, created a powerful mural artwork designed to inspire hope, raise awareness, and reinforce the urgent need for ocean protection. This visual statement symbolizes the collective responsibility of communities, institutions, and individuals to safeguard marine ecosystems and reflects Greenpeace Africa’s commitment to protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 for the benefit of present and future generations.
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🇲🇺 Mauritius – Community-led art installation across Ubay Island, Bohol to commemorate thAs part of the official launch of the Greenpeace Africa office in Mauritius, our creative partner, renowned Mauritian artist Daphne Doomun, created a powerful mural artwork designed to inspire hope, raise awareness, and reinforce the urgent need for ocean protection. This visual statement symbolizes the collective responsibility of communities, institutions, and individuals to safeguard marine ecosystems and reflects Greenpeace Africa’s commitment to protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 for the benefit of present and future generations.

The home of Mariasi Aritonang that was affected by the aftermath of a flash flood in Tukka Subdistrict, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra.
© Alif R Nouddy Korua / Greenpeace

🇮🇩 Indonesia – Aid and Donations being delivered after the flash floods in Tukka Subdistrict, Central Tapanuli

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