A big fan of peace, an A-list red carpet, and a robust defence of science. Here are some of our favourite images from Greenpeace work around the world this week.

Aotearoa / New Zealand – To celebrate World Wind Day and mark the 100th day of Donald Trump’s war on Iran, which has seen oil prices spike and cost of living rise worldwide as a result, Greenpeace Aotearoa activists visited Te Uku wind farm near Raglan and transformed wind turbines into peace signs with the message “THIS MACHINE STOPS WARS”.

Germany – At the 2026 Bonn Climate Conference, a group of countries and civil society representatives hosted by Friends of Science spoke to the press to defend science as the heart of decision-making in the UNFCCC process, and discuss how science paves the way for a future that is secure, safe, and healthy for everyone.

Speakers included:
Manjeet Dhakal (Least Developed Countries Group)
Felix Wertli (Switzerland)
Sivendra Michael (Fiji)
Sindra Sharma, PHD, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN)
Gabriel Kapka (Sierra Leone)

Spain – Greenpeace Spain has used a thermal camera at high schools around the country to record temperatures far above recommended levels in public schools in Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Ourense, and Seville. This illustrates the heat endured by students and school staff during Spain’s hottest days.

Greenpeace joins forces with other organisations in the sector to demand urgent measures to cool classrooms and schoolyards. In the face of increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, public spaces must serve as climate-controlled refuges to prevent the worst effects of climate change on the health of children, who are especially vulnerable to high temperatures.

Malaysia – Over 1,500 Orang Asli and Orang Asal (Indigenous Peoples) from six different states in Peninsular Malaysia marched along the streets of Putrajaya’s Persiaran Perdana to protest in front of the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development calling for the recognition of their customary land rights.

Kenya – To mark the start of the Our Oceans conference, Greenpeace Africa volunteers and community members gathered at Pirates Beach/ Jomo Kenyatta Beach in Mombasa, Kenya, around a sand installation carrying the message ‘The Ocean Connects Us All’ to highlight the interconnected challenges facing coastal communities across Africa and the need for ocean protection

Netherlands – Greenpeace Netherlands activists hold a banner at an Allseas ship in the Rotterdam harbour. Greenpeace warns Allseas that deep sea mining under American legislation is a violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and call on the Dutch government to take action.

USA – Actor and activist Jane Fonda on the red carpet at the the theatrical release of the Greenpeace documentary GASLIT, directed by Katie Camosy. The feature-length film follows actor and activist Jane Fonda as she traveled across the oil fields of Texas and Louisiana, visiting communities and hearing stories from those directly impacted by the petrochemical industry. Theatrical events were held in New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, TX, Washington, DC, New Orleans, LA, and Oakland, CA.

The Netherlands – An Indigenous delegation from the Brazilian Amazon visits The Hague during their European tour. Here the Indigenous leaders present the Amazon petition to Minister Jaimi van Essen (Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature). The core message of the petition is: protect the Amazon rainforest and stand with the Indigenous peoples.

Spain – Tens of thousands of people took part in a massive demonstration against the Altri/Greenfiber mega-cellulose plant project in Palas de Rei (A Ulloa, Galicia) and the reopening of the Touro-O Pino mine under the slogan “In defense of the Ulla River and the Arousa estuary. Let’s stop Altri and the Touro-O Pino mine.” Both projects would have a massive environmental impact on the Ulla River basin, which flows into the Arousa estuary—the most productive yet also the most environmentally degraded in Galicia.

Hawaii – Kanaka Maoli artist Kaiʻili Kaulukukui, Native Hawaiian leaders, and cultural practitioners dedicate a 6,500-square-foot mural in Kapālama Kai on Oʻahu inspired by the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian genealogical creation chant. The artwork reflects Native Hawaiian relationships with the ocean and comes as Indigenous leaders across the Pacific call for greater representation in decisions about ocean protection and deep sea mining.

From left:
– Angéla Árvai ~ Project Manager. Artwork of Kai
– Kanaka Maoli mural artist Kaiʻili Kaulukukui
– Solomon “Uncle Sol” Kaho`ohalahala, Kanaka Maoli cultural practitioner and Indigenous Knowledge Keeper
– Edwin “Ekolu” Lindsey III, Director & Co-Founder, Maui Nui Makai Network.
– Brittany Lehua Kamai, Kanaka Maoli Ph.D. Astrophysicist, apprentice navigator, and ocean advocate (Mana Moana Institute)

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Bonn, Germany – The Bonn Climate Change Conference has ended with important work still to be done to progress efforts to phase-out fossil fuels, protect forests and deliver progress on climate and adaptation finance.

Jasper Inventor, Deputy Programme Director, Greenpeace International said: “Stalled talks around climate finance for developing countries and a repeated deadlock on mitigation played out in Bonn again. It’s this repeated playbook that took some of the shine off the emergence of a coalition of countries supporting a transition away from fossil fuels at a time where the climate and energy crisis is set to be supercharged by the El Niño.

“Still, Bonn laid some foundations for COP31: climate finance work is on the COP31 agenda, creating a political pathway for negotiations. The negotiating text on just transition will also form a basis for further negotiations, but no conclusions were reached on mitigation, showing that while this process is still moving, it is far away from political breakthroughs.

“To bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap, governments must now sustain and strengthen international cooperation in and outside the UNFCCC. Instead of systematically trying to renegotiate 1.5°C and eliminate science from key negotiating tracks, what’s required is a fair, fast and funded just transition and an end to forest destruction by 2030.”

Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said: “An unrelenting war on climate science took place in Bonn as fossil fuel producing nations attempted to erode the 1.5°C mandate, cutting into the negotiation tracks meant to guarantee the dignified survival of the most vulnerable to climate change. But we refuse to let these rooms become detached from the Pacific’s reality, where a breached 1.5°C will drown our history and displace our heritage, as saltwater bleeds into the Vanua (land) that has sustained us for generations.”

“This crisis requires more than diplomacy; it requires Pacific courage. The COP31 Presidency must take the helm, grounded in our deeply held values of guardianship and collective survival. True leadership demands the domestic, regional and global bravery to chart a course away from fossil fuels and with moral clarity, stop every new coal, oil, and gas project in its tracks.”

Emel Türker Alpay, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace Türkiye said: “The COP31 presidency put electrification on the global agenda, showing it understands the scale of the challenge. But an electrification vision without a fossil fuel phase-out is incomplete and global leadership must be matched by action at home. COP31 can be historic if the electrification ambition is matched by clear commitments to make it real. For Türkiye that means a commitment to no new coal power plants, a coal exit date and a just transition away from fossil fuels that leaves no worker or community behind. Türkiye has the opportunity and the responsibility to make it happen.”

An Lambrechts, Biodiversity Policy Expert, Greenpeace International said: “We lose one football field of forests every 2 seconds and we heard many parties recognise the need to act fast and support Brazil’s forest roadmap initiative. It’s now time to shift from endorsement to ownership to effectively halt forest destruction by 2030. At COP31, a group of 2030 forest target champions must make sure the roadmap doesn’t get lost as yet another document that doesn’t connect ambition with action and an international system that works for forests and people.”

ENDS

Photo and Video from the conference available to download via the Greenpeace Media Library

Contacts:
Beyza Kural, Senior Communication Expert, Greenpeace Türkiye, +90 5336 417 123, beyza.kural@greenpeace.org

Kate O’Callaghan, Communications Manager, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, +61 4062 31892 kate.ocallaghan@greenpeace.org

Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org