{"id":64501,"date":"2023-12-15T07:29:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T06:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=64501"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:05:11","slug":"best-of-greenpeace-actions-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/64501\/best-of-greenpeace-actions-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Greenpeace actions 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s 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: \u201cWhen enough people come together, then change will come and we can achieve almost anything. So instead of looking for hope \u2014 start creating it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n

\u00a9 Matthew Kemp \/ Greenpeace<\/div> \u00a9 Matthew Kemp \/ Greenpeace” alt=”In a final stand, protestors climbed the platform\u2019s 125m flare boom, and waved a banner saying \u2018Stop drilling. Start Paying.\u2019 Meanwhile five fellow activists led by Greenpeace Southeast Asia executive director, Yeb Sa\u00f1o, on board Greenpeace Nordic\u2019s 8-meter Tanker Tracker boat sailed out to intercept the 51-000-tonne White Marlin vessel contracted by Shell as it approached the port.
\u00a9 Matthew Kemp \/ Greenpeace<\/div> \u00a9 Matthew Kemp \/ Greenpeace” class=”wp-image-64407″\/>
In a final stand, protestors climbed the platform\u2019s 125m flare boom, and waved a banner saying \u2018Stop drilling. Start Paying.\u2019 Meanwhile five fellow activists led by Greenpeace Southeast Asia executive director, Yeb Sa\u00f1o, on board Greenpeace Nordic\u2019s 8-meter Tanker Tracker boat sailed out to intercept the 51-000-tonne White Marlin vessel contracted by Shell as it approached the port.
\u00a9 Matthew Kemp \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Photo op in the forest of the Pryazhinsky district of the Republic of Karelia for the project “Save Wild Forests”.\nActivists stretched out a 15-meter banner reading “Save Wild Forests” (in Russian) among trees in the forest.<\/figcaption>
\u00a9 Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A hundred climate activists supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate movement groups from 17 countries have disrupted Europe\u2019s biggest private jets sales fair, the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, demanding a ban on private jets. \n\nActivists 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 \u2018private jets burn our future\u2019, \u2018kill our planet\u2019, and \u2018fuel inequality\u2019. 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.<\/figcaption>
\u00a9 Thomas Wolf \/ Stay Grounded<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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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. \n\nWhile 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\u2019re excited for you to see our amazing crew and vessel through their unique style of storytelling.<\/figcaption>
\u00a9 Michaela Skovranova \/ Greenpeace <\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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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”.
\u00a9 Cl\u00e9ment \u00a0Tardif \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Text by Bea Amador and image selection by Sudhanshu Malhotra<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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