This week in Greenpeace pictures

Every day, people from all over the world fight to ensure a green and peaceful future for our planet. From Germany to Japan, here’s a look at some of the top Greenpeace images this week:

Action at power plant Niederaussem in Germany

Shortly before the expected result of the coal commission, around 60 Greenpeace activists are demonstrating since daybreak at the lignite power plant Niederaussem near Koeln for determined climate protection. On a meadow they put a 50-meter-long symbol of a thermometer with the temperature gauge 1,5 degrees, whose mercury column is illuminated by flames. “Stop coal, protect the climate,” the environmentalists are demanding on a banner

Swiss senior women vote for climate protection

The association Senior Women for Climate Protection, along with four individuals, filed an appeal in their climate case in the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. They demand greater ambition on climate action and protection of fundamental rights to life and health from the Swiss Government. Representing more than 1,200 Swiss women aged 64 and older, Senior Women for Climate Protection decided unanimously to bring the case to the highest court in the country after it was rejected by a lower one

Coal plant Eemshaven in Germany

Coal Plant Eemshaven in morning light, in Germany

Graffiti for clean air in Strasbourg

Greenpeace has produced a series of graffiti actions in Strasbourg, to urge the authorities to react to air pollution. In recent days, while Strasbourg suffocated under fine particles, dozens of “clean” graffiti have blossomed on the walls and sidewalks to denounce air pollution

Graffiti for clean air in Lyon

Greenpeace has produced a series of graffiti actions in Lyon to urge the authorities to react to air pollution. In recent days, while Lyon suffocated under fine particles, dozens of “clean” graffiti have blossomed on the walls and sidewalks to denounce air pollution

Fighting Inequality concert in the Philippines

In the Philippines, national movements, people’s organizations, non-government and civil society groups held an assembly and concert at an impoverished community in Intramuros at the heart of the country’s capital, Manila

“We Have Had Enough” Rally 2019 in Berlin

Greenpeace activists take part in the annual ‘We have had enough’ demonstration against detrimental agriculture policy during the ‘Green Week’, a trade fair for agriculture in Berlin and demand higher standards in factory farming, particularly for pigs. Thirty-five thousand people marched for better produce and farming practices

The Nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant continues

The destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, nearly 8 years after the accident. The nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant continues. Nearly 1 million tons of highly contaminated water is contained in storage tanks on the site, increasing by over 4000 tons each month. The government, nuclear regulator and the IAEA all support discharging this water into the Pacific. However, the communities along the Fukushima coast, including fishery associations have made their opposition to any planned discharge of this contaminated water

PET Free Bottles Campaign in Tokyo

The Greenpeace PET Free Bottle Campaign in Tokyo aims to find solutions to help reduce the use of PET bottles. The campaign proposes to install “my bottle water servers” (re-filling water stations), encouraging people to use reusable bottles and help cut down waste from PET bottles in order to move away from the mass consumption culture of single-use plastics. The campaign is encouraging the governor of Tokyo to collectively work on reducing plastic pollution in occasion of the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020

Recycling Center in South Korea

Workers are sorting out the recycling materials from the waste of households

Greta Thunberg’s call to leaders at Davos

16 Year old climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks to the delegates at World Economic Forum in Davos, challenging them to push their own businesses or governments in line with a 1.5 degree world

And from the Archives…

Transporting Oil Palm Fruit Bunches in Riau, May 2013

Mock-up Tuna Action in Taiwan, Jan 2011

Sampling Wastewater in Inner Mongolia, April 2013

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