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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

Climate & Energy

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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Signage on Woodside Energy offices
Woodside’s Dirty Gas
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
Rainbow Warrior's Welcome Ceremony in Funafuti, Tuvalu. © Greenpeace / Sam Pedro
A traditional dance is performed at the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior in Funafuti, the second stop of the Pacific Ship Tour. Traditional paopao (canoes) escorted the arriving ship to shore, where those aboard were welcomed by the community of Tuvalu, civil society groups, and addressed by Representatives from the Government of Tuvalu including the Hon. Prime Minister Kausea Natano and the Hon. Minister for Finance and Climate Change Seve Paeniu. 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. During the visit, Greenpeace campaigners will meet with community and government leaders to listen and engage in ‘talanoa’ or discussion, and to learn how best to support Pacific climate demands. Greenpeace experts will continue gathering testimonies of climate harm to present to the world’s highest court as part of the historic, Pacific-led campaign for an advisory opinion at the International Court of Justice.
© Greenpeace / Sam Pedro
Pacific Climate Justice

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
A shark is hauled in as bycatch by crew onboard an Iranian flagged vessel fishing for tuna in the Northern Indian Ocean.
A shark is hauled in as bycatch by crew onboard an Iranian flagged vessel fishing for tuna in the Northern Indian Ocean. These vessels often fish for tuna with 7 mile long gill nets, fishing with a gill net over 1.5 miles is illegal. Greenpeace is in the Northern Indian Ocean to bear witness to the destructive fishing practices of under documented fishing fleets which it is estimated cause the bycatch of 80-100,000 cetaceans per year.
© Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
Global Ocean Treaty
Deep sea creatures – Helmet jellyfish
South Tasman
Marine Sanctuary
A net bulging with tuna and bycatch
A net bulging with tuna and bycatch on the Ecuadorean purse seiner ‘Ocean Lady’, which was spotted by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands while using fishing aggregating devices (FADs). Around 10% of the catch generated by purse seine FAD fisheries is unwanted bycatch and includes endangered species of sharks and turtles. The catch of large amounts of juvenile bigeye and yellowfin tunas in these fisheries is now threatening the survival of these commercially valuable species. Greenpeace is calling for a total ban on the use of fish aggregation devices in purse seining and the establishment of a global network of marine reserves LAT 04:09 NORTH / LONG 091:31 WEST
© Alex Hofford / Greenpeace
Sustainable Fishing
Image of a juvenile Helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla).
Deep sea creatures – Helmet jellyfish
Deep Sea Mining

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
Forest Fires in Altamira, Pará, Amazon (2019)
ALTAMIRA, PARÁ, BRAZIL: Aerial image of burning in Altamira, state of Pará. © Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace
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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