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Making Polluters Pay: A Climate Justice Agenda for South Asia’s Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Crisis
South Asia is facing a fossil fuel-driven climate crisis, with heatwaves, floods, and droughts already devastating communities and economies. While people pay the price, major polluters continue to profit. This…
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Sri Lanka’s Climate Justice Agenda for COP30: Debt Relief, Loss and Damage, and Just Transition
Ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Greenpeace South Asia wrote to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Environment outlining key priorities for the country’s climate negotiations. The letter calls on Sri Lanka…
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WWA Study Confirms Climate Change Intensified Cyclone Ditwah’s Impact in Sri Lanka: Greenpeace South Asia Calls for Urgent Action
Greenpeace South Asia responds to the new rapid analysis from World Weather Attribution (WWA), which finds that human-induced climate change significantly intensified the extreme rainfall that struck Sri Lanka during…
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South Asia celebrates World Ocean Day in solidarity with impacted communities from the Kerala shipwreck disaster
8th June, 2025. Greenpeace South Asia marked World Oceans Day 2025 with a powerful celebration at Gintota Beach in Galle, where a stunning gathering of kayaks featuring a majestic turtle…
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Ocean Justice in Focus: Bangladesh and The Global Oceans Treaty
This World Oceans Day on 8 June 2025 was a powerful reminder that the blue planet, which sustains most of life on Earth, demands urgent protection. It is more than…
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Cannes with a Cause: Not Just a Dress, Not Just a Red Carpet
Cannes is often seen as the ultimate celebration of cinema, couture, and celebrity culture. A red carpet lined with flashing cameras, designer labels, and whispers of what everyone’s wearing. But…
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X-Press Pearl Disaster: Four Years Later, the Unseen Impact Still Remains
On May 20, 2025, we will mark four years since the X-Press Pearl disaster – yet the biggest marine crisis in Sri Lanka’s history. Tons of plastic pellets washed ashore…
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Air Quality Alert: Bangladesh, Pakistan and India are most polluted globally
The World Air Quality report for 2023 is out and South Asia’s performance has been dismal. Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have occupied the top three spots in the global ranking…
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Oceanswell and Greenpeace South Asia conduct cetacean surveys in the high seas of the Indian Ocean
Colombo, March 6, 2024: Greenpeace South Asia and Sri Lankan marine conservation organisation Oceanswell have just returned to Colombo following the successful completion of cetacean visual and acoustic surveys in…
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