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Activists on top of a high platform overlooking a city display banners that say stop drilling start paying

Oil and gas

Shell settles multimillion-dollar SLAPP lawsuit against Greenpeace

Greenpeace International and Greenpeace UK have agreed with Shell to settle the oil giant’s multimillion-dollar intimidation lawsuit over a peaceful protest conducted by the campaign groups last year. The…

by Joe Evans December 10, 2024

A group of masked young activists gathered round the camera. They're energetic and animated, with hands raised or cupped to their mouths as they chant slogans.

Activism

What happened at COP26?

The good, the bad, and the blah blah blah...

by Mal Chadwick November 17, 2021

Air pollution

In the world’s first ‘Coronavirus elections’, South Korea voted for climate action

In the first national elections in the time of Covid-19, South Korea’s Democratic Party won in a landslide – after putting forward a bold Green New Deal plan in their…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson April 23, 2020

Activism

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill – an open letter from civil society

This Bill represents an attack on some of the most fundamental rights of citizens, in particular those from marginalised communities. We urge the government to fundamentally rethink its approach.

March 16, 2021

Causes of climate change

Burning fossil fuels for energy, transport and industry releases greenhouse gases, which cause global warming. Things like farming, cutting down forests and overfishing are making it worse. There is no…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson February 21, 2022

People on a march hold a giant banner that says we are climate voters

Climate change

Project Climate Vote: how the UK’s climate majority found its voice

As the 2024 election approached and climate disasters piled up, over 200,000 Climate Voters worked together to push climate and nature up the agenda. Here’s how it all happened.

by Mal Chadwick July 11, 2024

Climate change

Six tough questions about Greenpeace’s climate campaign, answered by experts

Do global summits ever achieve anything? Can we really make a difference? And who’s responsible for change?

by Samantha Wockner June 3, 2021

Plastic

Global Plastics Treaty: what you need to know

Your guide to the deal that could end plastic pollution for good

by Florence Stuart-Leach April 25, 2023

John Sauven, dressed in cold weather gear, smiles in a casual pose, standing in front of a white wall of ice.

Activism

Green veteran John Sauven to step down after 14 years at the helm of Greenpeace UK

Greenpeace UK's Executive Director John Sauven is handing over the baton to interim Executive Director Pat Venditti

by Stefano Gelmini January 21, 2022

Oil and gas

Media briefing: Cambo oil field

Just weeks away from the UK hosting global climate talks, COP26, in Glasgow, the Cambo oil field has become a symbol of the government’s failure on climate. Where it has…

August 17, 2021