Celebrating Greenpeace photographers on International Women’s Day
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Some of the most iconic images from Greenpeace campaigns have been captured by women. Here are just a few of those incredible images from around the world.
Marizilda Cruppe, Brazil
Marizilda Cruppe is a Brazilian documentary photographer. Since 2011 she has worked with a focus on social inequality, social justice, human rights, the environment, healthcare and gender. In 2005 she co-founded EVE Photographers collective along with five other female photographers from different countries.
Abbie Trayler-Smith, U.K.
Abbie Trayler-Smith is an acclaimed portrait and documentary photographer, specialising in both portraiture and documenting social issues. Abbie has been a recipient of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London twice, and has received a World Press Photo Award.
Greenpeace is back in the Antarctic on the last stage of the Pole to Pole Expedition. We have teamed up with a group of scientists to investigate and document the impacts the climate crisis is already having in this area. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
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
Marete Selvin, Kenya
Marete Selvin is a photographer and film producer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Marete’s work is mainly focusing on gender issues, climate change, environmental issues and conservation. She is the co-founder of Meraki Africa Films, a Nairobi-based production company.
Greenpeace Africa took part in the UNEA 6 conference held at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi under the theme: effective, inclusive and sustainable multilateral actions to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. © Selvin Marete / Greenpeace
Michaela Skovranova, Australia
Based in Australia, Michaela Skovranova is a world-renowned Slovakian born artist working in the field of photography and film. Her work focuses on capturing intimate environmental and human stories with a speciality in underwater photography.
The Great Australian Bight is a pristine wilderness, home to a critical whale sanctuary, tight-knit coastal communities, hundreds of kilometres of towering cliffs and more unique species than the famous Great Barrier Reef. But the beautiful Bight is at risk. Big oil, led by Norwegian company Statoil, has eyes on the Bight. If their plans go ahead, the threats from an oil spill, deafening seismic blasting and pollution are all too real. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.
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Greenpeace Pictures of the Week
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A selection of images from Greenpeace photographers around the world this week. Comment below and let us know which one is your favourite!
Germany – During the exploratory meetings between the CDU/CSU and SPD, Greenpeace activists draw attention to a gap in climate protection with a burning, two-metre-high ‘KL_MA’ sign in front of the Reichstag during the blue hour. The future task of climate protection has so far been left out. The missing ‘I’ in KLIMA (climate) stands for the lack of ideas and content from the negotiating partners on how the ecological modernisation of the country can be shaped in a socially just way
Bulgaria – An activist stand with a banner and a giant octopus at the doorstep of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers. Greenpeace Bulgaria calls the Bulgarian government to ratify the Ocean Treaty now.
Germany – Greenpeace staff meet the pianist Ludovico Einaudi to thank him for his support in their work to protect the oceans before his concert in Hamburg. The musician supports Greenpeace’s current campaign against deep sea mining.
Pictured with Einaudi: Franziska Saalmann, Greenpeace Oceans expert.
France – Festive evening and discussion around the anti-nuclear fight at the Point Éphémère venue in Paris for the launch of the song “au coeur du reactor” by the techno-activist group Planète Boum Boum. This evening was organized in support of 12 Greenpeace activists on trial for having denounced the dangers of the Gravelines nuclear power plant.
Italy – Greenpeace activists have placed a giant papier-mâché pig in Piazza Montecitorio in Rome, accompanied by the banner “Honorables, you can no longer ignore me!”: the message delivered by Greenpeace Italy wanted to draw the attention of Parliament to the need to discuss the bill “Beyond intensive farming” presented to the Chamber a year ago by the environmentalist organization, together with Lipu, ISDE–Medici per l’ambiente, Terra! and WWF Italy.
South Africa – Greenpeace Africa this week handed over of a global petition with over half a million signatures (pictured here) to Global Solidarity Levies Taskforce, a coalition of 17 countries and groups, co-led by Barbados, France, and Kenya, calling on the Taskforce to move forward with taxes on the fossil fuel industry to fund climate action and development goals.
Greenpeace has been a pioneer of photo activism for more than 50 years, and remains committed to bearing witness and exposing environmental injustice through the images we capture.
To see more Greenpeace Photo and Video, please visit our Media Library
Greenpeace response to Committee of Ministers’ decision on KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland climate case
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Strasbourg, France – Today, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe announced that Switzerland is not complying with the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the landmark case of the KlimaSeniorinnen. The Committee sided with the KlimaSeniorinnen that Switzerland is not doing enough to align its policy with a maximum global warming limit of 1.5°C, in another victory for current and future generations.
Rosmarie Wydler-Wälti, Co-President of KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz said: “The Swiss Federal Council is not getting away with its arguments at the Committee of Ministers. Switzerland must improve its climate policy to remedy the violation of our human rights. We call on the Federal Council and Parliament to take global warming seriously and to finally take decisive action against the climate crisis.”
As the first intergovernmental body to oversee a State’s compliance with a legal decision on climate change, the Committee of Minister’s decision regarding Switzerland’s failure to implement the judgment of the KlimaSeniorinnen marks an important moment for the future of climate litigation and policy: Switzerland’s response is inadequate, and the fight for justice is not over. Driven by the relentless efforts of the KlimaSeniorinnen and civil society actors, today’s decision by the Committee sends a clear message: States have a duty to protect people’s human rights with strong climate policy. Now, Switzerland must return to the drawing board and produce a real plan – one that delivers the emissions reductions and human rights protections the Court demanded. The battle to turn the landmark legal victory into lasting political change continues, with the Committee examining the case again in September 2025.
ENDS
Notes:
The submissions to the Committee of Ministers
- Rule 9.2 Submission by KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz with Annex I CLN-Analysis (forthcoming), Annex II Switzerland Carbon Budget, Annex III CO2 emissions projections Switzerland 2023-2050
- Rule 9.2 Submission by the NGO-Coalition
- Rule 9.2 Submission by the Swiss National Human Rights Institution
More documents relating to the judgment can be found at https://en.klimaseniorinnen.ch/
Contacts:
Cordelia Bähr, Lawyer of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland: baehr@ettwein.ch, +41 78 801 70 34
Yvonne Anliker, Media Communications Manager, Greenpeace Switzerland, yanliker@greenpeace.org, +41 79 306 53 42
Georg Klingler, Project Coordinator and Climate Campaigner Greenpeace Switzerland: georg.klingler@greenpeace.org, +41 79 785 07 38
Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org