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The US and Israel’s war on Iran is driving another oil and gas price shock and pushing up the cost of living. Governments can either deepen fossil fuel dependence, or protect people and accelerate a just transition away from oil and gas. Here are four ways to choose the second path.

1. Make war profiteers pay for the urgent transition: tax fossil fuel profits

You may know Greenpeace for our ships, our climbers, and our boots-on-the-ground defiance. But sometimes, what it takes to stop a giant is a piece of paper.

In the world of Dutch law, a Disclosure Letter is the first step towards legal action that could stop in their tracks the biggest known industrial meat expansion plans in the world. This is not a mere request. It ...

The US and Israel’s war on Iran is not only a human tragedy. It is also a textbook example of the fossil fuel industry’s war playbook, turning oil and gas chaos into record profits while people face higher bills. Governments can either keep playing along, or break the cycle with renewables and justice‑based solutions.

War, energy shock and a playbook written in o...

Amsterdam, Netherlands – Greenpeace Netherlands has taken the first step towards legal action against meat giant JBS, demanding disclosure of information on its climate, nature and human rights impacts in order to challenge in court its business policies, including its planned US$6 billion global expansion, of which almost half is for Nigeria.

Elizabeth Atieno...

Santa Marta, Colombia – The landmark Santa Marta conference for the transition away from fossil fuels represents an important milestone on the road to long-term climate and energy stability.

The coalition of countries emerging from the conference now need to spearhead ambitious national action at home and help drive momentum and concrete progress in the UNFCCC and be...