A Brazilian Indigenous delegation in Europe, banners in the Baltic, and nuclear waste in Switzerland – here are a selection of images from Greenpeace work around the world this week.
Europe – Representatives of Indigenous communities in Brazil tour Europe with giant letters spelling 'Amazonia', to raise awareness of the impacts of deforestation in the critical Amazon biome, and Europe's role in protecting it. These images were captured in France and Luxembourg.
Baltic Sea – The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise visited the Baltic Sea as part of the European campaign against fossil gas. There, Greenpeace activists from Poland, Ukraine, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy paid a visit to the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which used to carry fossil gas from Russia to Europe. Greenpeace Poland demands a definitive shut down of the Nord Stream pipelines, a phase-out of Russian fossil fuels by 2027, and a full phase-out of gas across the EU by 2035 the latest.
Switzerland – Greenpeace Switzerland installed and then dismantled a giant wooden barrel, painted to look like a radioactive waste container, near the Versam-Safien train station. This symbolic action was intended to highlight the risks of nuclear power and mark the debate on Switzerland's energy future. This marks the starting point of a Roadshow where the Barrel will be installed in four cities in Switzerland.
Indonesia – Protests in Jakarta condemn violence and injustice, demand the release of activists, accountability for human rights violators, cuts to government officials' allowances, and address economic disparities, particularly the unfair tax burden imposed on ordinary people while the super-rich and elite benefit.
Protesters from the Labor Movement with the People (GEBRAK). Under the banner "The People Sue," they called for an end to government repression, the release of detained activists, lower taxes, reduced prices for essential goods, and the swift approval of the Asset Confiscation Bill. The demonstration was a call to action titled: The People Sue.
Romania – Greenpeace Romania activists project an animated video onto an IKEA store, using the company's signature instruction manual style to expose its role in the destruction of old-growth forests in Romania's Carpathians. The action marks the launch of a new Greenpeace CEE report linking IKEA to the ongoing loss of High Biodiversity Value Forests: nearly 59 km² destroyed in 2024 alone, an area larger than 8,200 football fields.
Brazil – On the sands of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Greenpeace Brazil activists created a giant, 150-meter-long slogan that read: "Independence from Fossil Fuels," an allusion to September 7th, the date Brazil celebrates its independence. The peaceful demonstration also aimed to draw attention to the dangerous advance of oil exploration in the Amazon River Basin.
"The true independence we should seek and celebrate today, September 7th, is the one that frees us from fossil fuels. However, this cry for freedom remains stuck in our throats, as we still lack the prospect of an energy transition plan that is fair and worthy of the climate leadership Brazil seeks to exercise," warns Mariana Andrade, Greenpeace Brazil's Oceans spokesperson.
Argentina – Greenpeace activists stand with a banner reading "Crimen Ambiental" (Environmental Crime). Greenpeace Argentina toured the Chaco ("El Impenetrable" area) to document illegal clearings. Greenpeace reports that nearly 170,000 hectares have been deforested in the province since the courts suspended the clearings in November 2020.
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