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Photographed from below, fish and a hammerhead shark are silhouetted against the sunlit surface of the sea in the Galapagos Islands

Oceans

UK ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty: briefing for policymakers

To demonstrate its commitment to global ocean protection, the government must ratify the Global Ocean Treaty into UK law before the general election. It must also develop proposals for ocean sanctuaries in the high seas, starting with the Sargasso Sea.

April 22, 2024

Oceans

Fishing area in the Antarctic becomes ocean sanctuary

An NGO-industry collaboration to protect the Antarctic Ocean today announces a big step forward with a year-round closure of a 4500km2 area of ocean around Hope Bay in the northern Antarctic Peninsula.

by James Hanson December 11, 2020

5 people stand in front of the House of Commons holding a big red banner reading #StopRosebank

Climate change

Uplift and Greenpeace take government to court to stop Rosebank oil field

Consent “incompatible” with UK climate plans and ignores emissions from burning Rosebank’s oil

by Phil Richards December 18, 2023

Climate activists hold banners outside Scottish Court of Session before Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing

Climate change

Greenpeace granted permission for judicial review of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields

Greenpeace UK has been granted permission by the Scottish courts for judicial review of the controversial Rosebank oil field, and the Jackdaw gas field. Greenpeace’s legal grounds on which they…

by Florri Burton September 25, 2024

Protestors carry placards saying 'Don't do nothing' and 'Planet over profit'

Climate change

Are world leaders on track to sort out the climate and nature crisis?

It's not too late to avoid the worst of climate change. With the global climate talks coming up in the UK next year, can we lead the world in taking real action now?

by Rebecca Newsom December 11, 2020

Forests

Brazil’s environment minister Ricardo Salles’ PR fail tour

Brazil’s environment minister Ricardo Salles went on a tour of the US and Europe to reassure governments and business over the fires crisis in the Amazon. It did not go to plan.

by James North October 15, 2019

Offshore wind turbines lit by sun against a grey sky. Their blades are motion blurred.

Climate change

A Green Recovery: How We Get There – Greenpeace sets out plans for a greener, cleaner, fairer future

Everyone's talking about the 'green recovery'. But what does that actually involve? A new Greenpeace manifesto sets out what the government can do to tackle both the Covid recession and the climate emergency

by Phil Richards June 3, 2020

Plastic

BREAKING: Greenpeace send dead Dove confetti raining over Unilever board as company AGM kicks off

Footage available here. Greenpeace UK has today disrupted the start of Unilever’s Annual General Meeting in an escalation of its global campaign against overwhelming plastic pollution produced by their Dove…

by Stefano Gelmini May 1, 2024

Climate change

Reform manifesto: a contract with the polluters

Reform’s ‘contract with the people’ proposes to rip up nature protection, roll back on climate action, and bring in cruel and inhumane migration policies. This briefing highlights an agenda that would be disastrous for people and the planet.

June 27, 2024

Activists in climbing gear hang from a giant river bridge. Huge red and yellow flags attached to their ropes fly proudly in the wind.

What are the solutions to climate change?

Climate change is already an urgent threat to millions of lives – but there are solutions. From changing how we get our energy to limiting deforestation, here are some of the key solutions to climate change.

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson April 9, 2021