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Tuvalu is one of the most climate-vulnerable nations in the world. With much of the country sitting at less than three metres in elevation, sea level rise and storm surges are not only leading to tidal inundation, food insecurity and cultural loss, but present an immediate threat to Tuvalu’s future. © Greenpeace / Bianca Vitale

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Bushfire Smoke over Sydney Harbour. © Emeran Gainville / Greenpeace

Fossil Fuel Phase Out

We are in a climate emergency. Fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas are heating up the planet, causing sea levels to rise and making bushfires, floods and cyclones more frequent and extreme. The science is clear: we must get off fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy.

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Coal Fired Power Plant in the Rhenish Lignite Mining Area. © Bernd Lauter / Greenpeace
Coal fired power station Neurath near Grevenbroich in the Rhenish lignite mining area. Steam coming out of cooling towers. Windturbines near the plant. © Bernd Lauter / Greenpeace
Fossil Fuel Phase Out
Wind turbine harnessing clean energy, emblematic of Greenpeace Australia Pacific's commitment to renewable solutions
Wind turbines on the Story County 1 Energy Center, just north of Colo. Each turbine has a 1.5-megawatt capacity and contributes to generating electricity for up to 75,000 homes. The NextEra Energy-owned wind farm has been in operation since 2008. © Karuna Ang / Greenpeace
Renewable Energy
Cormorant Oil Field in the North Sea. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
View of the TAQA operated Cormorant North Platform in the Cormorant oil field in the UK part of the North Sea. © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
Stop Big Gas
Signage on Woodside Energy offices
Woodside
Illustration of a deep sea mining machine for the retrieval of minerals and deposits from the ocean floor found at depths of 200 metres up to 6,500 metres.
Global Climate Talks

Protecting The Ocean

Oceans sustain life on our blue planet – but they’re under threat from climate change, industrial fishing, plastic pollution, and the looming threat of deep sea mining. Ocean protection can’t wait any longer.

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Sea Lions near Hopkins Island, South Australia. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Humpback Whale Underwater in Indian Ocean, Western Australia
Humpback Whale Underwater in Indian Ocean, Western Australia
Ocean Sanctuaries
Humpback Whale Underwater in Indian Ocean, Western Australia
Save Scott Reef
Image of a juvenile Helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla).
Deep sea creatures – Helmet jellyfish
Deep Sea Mining
Monitoring Deep Sea Trawling, Tasman Sea. © Greenpeace / Malcolm Pullman
A trawl net is being hauled aboard the Westbay.
Sustainable Fishing
Deep sea creatures – Helmet jellyfish
Tasman Sea Ocean Sanctuary

Protecting our Forests

Our world is in crisis. Our forests are disappearing and natural habitats are being destroyed. Deforestation for farming and native forest logging leaves wildlife homeless, impacts ecosystems and emits carbon alongside the most polluting industries.

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Forest Fires in Altamira, Pará, Amazon (2019). © Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace
Deforestation in Australia
Deforestation in Australia
Jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Amazon. © Valdemir Cunha
Jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Brazilian Amazon. © Valdemir Cunha
The Amazon
Baby orangutans at the Orangutan Foundation International Care Center in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. Expansion of oil palm plantations is destroying their forest habitat. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace
Baby orangutans at the Orangutan Foundation International Care Center in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. Expansion of oil palm plantations is destroying their forest habitat. © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace
Palm Oil
Plastic Crisis in Bangun Village, Indonesia. © Ecoton / Fully Handoko

Plastic Free Future

We are living in a world that is being destroyed by throwaway plastic. Plastic pollution has flooded our planet, harming people’s health, accelerating social injustice, destroying biodiversity and fuelling the climate crisis.

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Underwater image of a turtle with plastic on his head. © Troy Mayne / Oceanic Imagery Publications
Underwater image of a turtle with plastic on his head. © Troy Mayne / Oceanic Imagery Publications
Global Plastics Treaty
A volunteer holds plastic tops during a clean up activity at Brighton Le Sands and Lady Robinson's beaches in Sydney. © Conrad Wegener / Greenpeace
A volunteer holds plastic tops during a clean up activity at Brighton Le Sands and Lady Robinson’s beaches in Sydney. © Conrad Wegener / Greenpeace
Single Use Plastics
Pacific Rainbow Warrior Ship Tour, Welcome Ceremony, Tuvalu

Pacific Climate Justice


The Pacific Islands are experiencing the intensifying impacts of climate change like cyclones, hurricanes, floods, droughts, and extreme temperatures – despite contributing less than 0.03% to global emissions. This is climate injustice.

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Bushfire in Snowy Mountains, Australia. © Kiran Ridley / Greenpeace
The New South Wales ‘Mega’ fire, which measures 1.5 million acres, burns on the outskirts of the small town of Tumbarumba in the Snowy Mountains, NSW. Since blazes broke out in September, Australia has seen unprecedented bushfires destroying nearly 11 million hectares with at least 29 people loosing their lives. It is estimated that more than 1 billion birds, mammals and reptiles, many unique to Australia will have been affected or killed. © Kiran Ridley / Greenpeace
Make Polluters Pay
Illustration of a deep sea mining machine for the retrieval of minerals and deposits from the ocean floor found at depths of 200 metres up to 6,500 metres.
Global Climate Talks
French Nuclear Testing Action (Moruroa : 1995). © Greenpeace / Steve Morgan
French Nuclear Testing Action (Moruroa : 1995) Manuel Pinto waves at MV Greenpeace. © Greenpeace / Steve Morgan
Nuclear Justice

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