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

The US-Israel war on Iran has already sent global oil and gas prices soaring again. That means higher fuel and energy bills, more expensive food and transport, and yet another cost of living crisis that hits low-income households and people in the global South hardest. In the United States, for example, prices of fertilizers made from fossil fuels have jumped by more than 30%, and diesel prices by 46% since late February, piling pressure on farmers and threatening higher food prices for everyone. Major agricultural powerhouses, particularly Brazil and India, are heavily impacted as primary importers of fertilizers from the Gulf. According to the World Food Programme, roughly 45 million more people could be pushed into acute hunger this year if the conflict persists.

While people struggle to meet basic needs, fossil fuel and petrochemical companies are booking fresh windfall profits, just as they did in 2022 when Big Oil more than doubled its earnings during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Oil and gas companies in the EU alone are estimated to be taking in over €80 million extra every single day from war‑driven price spikes. It is clearer than ever that, as the UN climate chief Simon Stiell said, “fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty and replacing it with subservience and rising costs.”

No one should be forced to pay for the crisis of a war they did not choose, while companies and billionaires cash in. Governments should move quickly to introduce bold national surtaxes on oil and gas profits, and support a new global tax on fossil fuel superprofits under a UN Tax Convention, so that those who profit from war, pollution and price shocks help cover the costs of relief and transition. Windfall taxes used after the Ukraine war showed this is possible and popular: a recent global survey found 8 in 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages. 

Besides widening fiscal space – much needed in crises like the present one – these policies can act as market-based incentives, encouraging businesses to move towards improving energy efficiency and investing in renewable energy. Revenue from these taxes can fund targeted support for households and small businesses, reduce energy bills, and invest in renewable energy infrastructure and other climate‑safe solutions instead of more fossil fuel dependence.

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2. Cut oil demand in transport, where around 60% of oil is burned

Around 60% of global oil demand comes from transport, from cars and trucks to ships and planes. That means every oil price spike triggered by conflict, blockades or speculation quickly becomes a transport and food price crisis. When the Iran war disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, petrol and diesel prices jumped across the world within days, and haulage and airline companies immediately passed those costs on to consumers. If governments are serious about protecting people and economies from the Iran war energy shock, cutting oil demand in transport is one of the fastest and fairest moves they can make.

A just transport transition combines several tools. Affordable, reliable public transport and “climate tickets” can give people real alternatives to driving, while safer walking and cycling infrastructure cuts short car journeys and improves health. Support for electric buses, trains and shared mobility, combined with strict fuel efficiency standards and a managed phase‑out of petrol and diesel cars, reduces oil use and air pollution. In Europe, fuel price spikes linked to the Iran war have already helped push electric vehicle sales up by 51%, showing how quickly people move when clean options are available. All of this needs to be designed so that the costs do not fall on those who can least afford them, with help for low income households and workers whose jobs are changing.

Public money should be shifted away from motorways and airport expansion towards public transport, active travel such as walking and cycling, and electric vehicle charging networks that are powered by renewables. Countries that have invested more in rail and renewables, such as Albania, are already seeing smaller electricity price spikes than their neighbours as the Iran war pushes up gas prices. That way, every crisis moves us closer to cleaner, fairer mobility, instead of locking in more oil dependence.

3. Treat renewables and efficiency as energy and economic security, not “nice‑to‑have” extras

The Iran war is a brutal reminder that as long as our economies run on fossil fuels, any conflict or threat around a major producing region can become a global energy shock within days. When tankers through the Strait of Hormuz are disrupted, or when LNG terminals are damaged, countries that depend on imported oil and gas see prices spike and bills surge, and energy supply worldwide is undermined.

In that context, renewables and efficiency are not luxury climate policies. They are core security infrastructure. You cannot blockade the sun or sanction the wind. Countries that have already scaled up solar, wind and battery storage, and invested in energy efficiency in homes and buildings, are less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks than those that remain hooked on imported oil and gas. Albania, which gets almost all its electricity from renewables, has been largely shielded from the latest surge in power prices, while more gas‑dependent European countries face steep increases. Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented people-led solar energy boom, with rooftop solar now making up roughly 20–25% of grid‑connected electricity, cushioning the country against the crisis. In 2025 the world added record levels of renewable capacity and renewables reached nearly half of global power capacity, showing how fast this shift can happen when governments get serious.

A good crisis response should do two things at once: protect people from immediate hardship and speed up the shift to renewable‑centred energy systems. That means prioritising energy savings, insulation and heat pumps, supporting vulnerable households, and rapidly deploying clean, decentralised and democratically owned renewable power, instead of approving new fossil fuel projects or subsidies that will keep us tied to the next war‑driven price spike. From France’s decision to launch 12 GW of new renewable tenders to Barbados’ fast‑tracking solar and battery storage as a “national imperative”, to South Korea pouring new funding into village‑owned solar after the Iran crisis, more governments are starting to treat renewables as security policy.

4. Build people‑centred safety nets and local resilience

War and energy shocks do not hit everyone equally. The same fossil-fuel-dominated economy that creates billionaires and record profits for oil and gas companies exposes millions of people to price spikes and insecurity. Families already stretched by rent and food costs are asked to carry yet another burden, while fossil fuel CEOs and shareholders see their wealth grow. 

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization now warns that a prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a global food “catastrophe”, because up to 45% of key agrifood inputs move through this single waterway. In parts of Asia, farmers are already switching crops or cutting fertilizer use because diesel‑powered irrigation and imported inputs have become unaffordable, which risks lower yields and higher food prices in months to come.

A just response to the Iran war energy shock needs strong, people‑centred safety nets. Governments can cap prices in emergencies, introduce social tariffs for electricity and heating, and ban disconnections for households in debt. They can raise minimum incomes and benefits, and support small local businesses and farmers facing higher fuel and fertilizer costs, especially in the global South. Public authorities should pay special attention to households that have only recently moved from charcoal or firewood to cleaner cooking fuels such as LPG in Africa and South Asia, where higher gas prices are already pushing some families back towards more polluting and dangerous options.

At the same time, investment in local resilience can reduce our exposure to both fossil fuel chaos and climate impacts. That includes large‑scale home renovation programmes that cut bills and create decent jobs, support for local food systems and agroecology so communities are less reliant on long fossil‑fuelled supply chains, and reuse systems that cut our dependence on petrochemical‑based plastics that are now driving up the cost of everyday goods. 

All of this should be funded by redirecting public money away from harmful fossil fuel subsidies and towards long-term solutions that are safe for people, the economy and the planet. There is money for renewables, public transport and warm homes, but it is currently being burned on war and fossil fuels. It is time for governments to respond to the crisis for what it truly is: a matter of political urgency that must be used as a catalyst for a speedy clean energy transition.  

Marília Monteiro is a Senior Campaign Strategist with Greenpeace International, working on socioeconomics analysis and responsiveness, based in the Netherlands. Mehdi Leman is a Content Editor for Greenpeace International, based in France.

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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 is a piece of paper that has the power to fundamentally disrupt the destructive business model of the Big Ag giants. 

That’s what we delivered this morning to JBS, the world’s largest meat company. They should have seen it coming.

Pollution, destruction, corruption… JBS has a LOT to answer for 

JBS is a global powerhouse. But the growth of JBS’ meat empire went hand in hand with environmental destruction, colossal emissions, corruption scandals and reported human rights abuses, all in the absence of transparency. Through its supply chain relationships, JBS has been repeatedly linked to the devastation of the Amazon rainforest, the destruction of critical wildlife habitats, and to cattle grazed illegally on indigenous lands. Make no mistake: JBS is the new Shell. Their unchecked expansion isn’t “just business”, and has been a major contributor to climate crisis and ecological collapse.

But they might have just made a major tactical error.

Last year, JBS moved their headquarters from São Paulo to Amsterdam as part of their efforts to list shares on Wall Street. JBS was warned: “If you play on Dutch soil, you play by Dutch rules.” They thought moving to Europe would grant them corporate benefits. Instead, it gave Greenpeace Netherlands the legal standing to challenge their shadowy empire.

JBS: Keep your bloody business out of Africa

Today, JBS executives and wealthy shareholders gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Amsterdam for their first Dutch shareholder meeting. But we didn’t leave them alone to celebrate their profits. 

Activists from Greenpeace Netherlands disrupted the meeting, raining fake blood over the hotel entrance with a banner reading: ‘JBS: Keep Your Bloody Business Out of Africa’. Inside the eight-story atrium, we dropped the largest indoor banner in Greenpeace history featuring the faces of JBS’s billionaire majority shareholders, Joesley and Wesley Batista. 

The activists entered the meeting room and Marieke Vellekoop, Executive Director at Greenpeace Netherlands, presented the request for information to JBS shareholders, which is the first step towards legal action against JBS’s expansion plans. 

The action caused the shareholders’ meeting to be suspended.

The message to JBS is clear: We will not let you export your destructive business model to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Right now, JBS is plotting a catastrophic $6 billion global expansion, with a massive $2.5 billion earmarked for six meat-processing plants in Nigeria. This expansion threatens to drain vital water sources, spew massive industrial pollution, and generate enormous methane emissions – a blowtorch for climate change. 

Yet, in Nigeria, there is no evidence that independent environmental or social impact assessments or consultations with communities have been conducted, and requests for critical information from Nigerian civil society have been ignored. 

We cannot let them continue to operate behind a veil of secrecy. That is why Greenpeace Netherlands are demanding disclosure of key documents that we believe contain information that will allow us to challenge their expansion plans in the Dutch court. The ensuing litigation is likely to be the first climate case of this scale against the industrial meat sector.

Resistance against the destructive meat empire is rising 

Around the world, resistance and solidarity is rising to stop the expansion of this destructive meat empire. 

First, local communities and civil society groups in Nigeria are resisting on the ground, raising their voices to demand transparency and agency over the future of their land. 

Second, Greenpeace Africa has escalated this fight by submitting a legal filing to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, affirming that corporations have obligations to transparency and human rights regardless where they operate in the world.

Now, Greenpeace Netherlands is taking the resistance directly to JBS’ European headquarters.

The 21-Day countdown – demand the meat giant release their hidden files

We are witnessing a collision between two very different worlds. 

On one side are the billionaire Batista brothers behind JBS, whose expansion of the JBS empire within and beyond Brazil was facilitated by admitted systemic corruption at the highest level. Just yesterday, the Brazilian government reportedly filed a lawsuit against JBS for labour abuses in ‌their supply chain and are seeking nearly $24 million in damages from the company. 

On the other side, people around the world are standing in solidarity with frontline communities who seek to protect their land, their food sovereignty and their right to water against the billionaire bullies.

Today, Greenpeace Netherlands took the first step toward legal action, giving the JBS Board of Directors exactly 21 days to release their hidden files.

Under new Dutch legislation, if JBS fails to comply within three weeks, Greenpeace Netherlands can seek this information from senior JBS figures under oath, raising the prospect of the billionaire Batista brothers being forced to testify in a Dutch court.

Unless and until JBS releases the files and demonstrates that its current policies and expansion strategy won’t exacerbate dangerous climate change and ecosystem collapse, Greenpeace Netherlands calls on JBS N.V. to cease any and all expansion.

But to make sure JBS gets the message, we need an undeniable wave of public pressure behind it. We have the paper, and the activists sent them a clear message in Amsterdam. Now, we need your voice to force their hand.

The clock is ticking. They have three weeks.

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Isabel Willemsen is the biodiversity campaign lead at Greenpeace Netherlands.

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 oil and gas profits

The US and Israel’s war on Iran is shattering lives across Iran and the wider region. Civilians pay first and hardest with their lives or living through fear, displacement, destroyed infrastructure and deepening environmental harm, while the risk of a wider regional war grows by the day. Greenpeace condemns these attacks, calls for an immediate end to the violence and a return to real diplomacy under credible international oversight and cooperation.

At the very same time, the conflict is triggering a huge fossil fuel and petrochemical shock. Shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil and gas chokepoints, are being disrupted, pushing up prices for fuel, food, plastics and everyday goods. Families in countries that had no say in this war are suddenly paying more at the pump, at the supermarket and on their energy bills. That is not an accident. It is the result of a fossil fuel based energy system that turns every crisis into a profit engine for oil and gas companies.

We have been here very recently. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, fossil fuel giants cashed in on the energy chaos, with Big Oil more than doubling its profits in what became a historic windfall year. The war on Iran is now exposing the same pattern on an even more volatile stage. From Ukraine to Hormuz, the fossil fuel industry is following a predictable war playbook designed to turn instability into power, pollution and profit.

Inside the fossil fuel industry’s war playbook

The fossil fuel industry’s war playbook has one core message: fossil fuels are essential. Around that story, the industry repeats a set of moves whenever conflict hits a major producing region.

First, fossil fuel companies and the politicians enabling them amplify fear and scarcity while ignoring their central role in the problem, and presenting themselves as the solution. European and Asian governments are told to brace for shortages and blackouts. This creates a sense that there is no alternative to more drilling, more liquefied natural gas (LNG) and more public money for fossil fuel infrastructure. And that’s precisely what oil and gas giants want: all their “solutions” are about doubling down on the fossil fuels that got us into the crisis, deepening dependence and ensuring they can continue to profit from crises for decades to come. Their tactics are all self-serving and follow a consistent pattern: protect and maximise profits, entrench dependency, and shift costs onto the public.

Second, the industry declares itself indispensable. During the gas crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US LNG exporters presented themselves as “freedom gas” rescuers of Europe. Literally a few hours after the Russian invasion in Ukraine they asserted themselves with “a critical role to play in supporting European allies with access to a stable supply of reliable and affordable energy” Today, as Iran war disruptions ripple through shipping lanes, the same companies are positioning themselves as the answer again, promising to provide “abundant and reliable energy”  if governments approve new export terminals, pipelines and long‑term contracts. Let’s not be mistaken: these are self-serving tactics designed to protect and maximise profits, and deepen fossil fuel dependency while people bear the costs.

Third, they normalise price shocks and externalise blame. Oil and gas majors present soaring prices as an unfortunate but unavoidable result of war, sanctions or environmental rules, rather than of a system that concentrates control of essential fuels in the hands of a few countries and corporations. Central banks and market analysts talk about inflation and “market anxiety”, while fossil fuel CEOs quietly bank windfall profits and increase shareholder payouts.

Finally, they demand expansion. In Europe, Asia and beyond, industry lobbyists use the Iran war energy shock to argue for fast‑tracking LNG terminals, locking in new gas fields and weakening environmental and social safeguards that “stand in the way”. All this hardwires decades more fossil fuel dependence into our economies that goes directly to fossil fuel companies’ bottom line. Scientists and frontline communities warning that every new project deepens climate breakdown and exposure to future wars are ignored.

This is not just about energy policy. It is about power and profits. Every time governments follow the fossil fuel war playbook, they reinforce an extractive system that enriches a few while treating nature as a resource to be burned and human life as a disposable cost.

People are paying the price, polluters are counting the wins

For millions of people, the war on Iran energy shock is  making the cost of living crisis worse. When oil and gas prices spike, fuel and electricity bills rise. Food and transport costs follow, with low income households and communities in the global South hit hardest. No one should have to choose between heating and eating, or between paying the rent and paying for a bus to work, because of a war they did not choose.

Meanwhile, the winners are painfully clear. Energy researchers estimate that US oil producers alone could see tens of billions of dollars in additional profits as crude prices climb past US$100 a barrel. Russia’s oil income reportedly doubled in April compared with before the conflict, and major European oil companies have already made hundreds of millions by trading on war‑driven price swings. This is on top of the record profits that oil and gas firms made during the previous crises, from Covid‑19 supply shocks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Price shocks are not a bug in this system. They are a feature. Every time war, sanctions or blockades disrupt fossil fuel flows, the same pattern repeats. Import‑dependent countries scramble for supply. Households and small businesses pay higher bills. Oil and gas majors, petrochemical firms and their shareholders collect extraordinary gains. The system is working exactly as designed, but not for us.

Governments that respond to this crisis by expanding fossil fuels are choosing to reinforce the very cause of the problem. They are letting the industry that engineered our dependence write the rules.

Breaking the war playbook: protection, renewables and justice

The way out of this fossil fuel war cycle is clear. Governments can choose a crisis response that does two things at once: ensure people’s access to energy at lower cost and cut fossil fuel dependence for good.

In the short term, that means targeted support for households and small businesses, funded by bold taxes on oil and gas profits. Polluters that profit from instability and environmental harm must pay for the damage they cause, instead of being buffered against price shocks with public money while people already suffering with the cost of living bear the burden of the energy crisis. Tax cuts and fossil fuel subsidies only protect the profit of the powerful oil companies. On the other hand, new national level surtaxes and a global tax on fossil fuel superprofits under a UN tax convention could raise hundreds of billions to lower energy bills, strengthen social protection and invest in climate‑safe solutions.

Governments must stop pouring public money into new oil, gas and petrochemical projects. Every euro, dollar or rupee invested in LNG terminals, pipelines or refineries today locks in decades more exposure to volatile prices, autocrats and climate chaos. Instead, public funds should flow into projects that ensure long-term economic resilience and energy security: renewable‑centred energy systems, home insulation, public transport, local and sustainable food systems and reuse infrastructure that reduce overall demand for fossil fuels and plastics.

Renewables are already showing what real energy security can look like. You cannot blockade the sun or sanction the wind. Countries that have scaled up solar, wind and storage are less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks than those that still rely heavily on imported oil and gas. Decentralised and democratically owned renewable systems are harder to sabotage, less vulnerable to shipping disruptions and better able to keep homes, schools and hospitals running during crises.

From the war on Iran to the war in Ukraine, this crisis keeps proving the same point: a fossil‑fuelled economy creates fossil‑fuelled wars and price shocks. We can keep following this fossil fuel war playbook, or scrap it and build energy systems that put people, peace and the planet ahead of corporate profit.

Dimitris Ibrahim is a climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace International, based in Athens. Mehdi Leman is a Content Editor for Greenpeace International, based in France.

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Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise is sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla to support a peaceful civilian mission challenging the blockade on Gaza and demanding safe, unhindered humanitarian access.

30 April 2026 update | Israeli forces intercept and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, a number of participants kidnapped

The Israeli military launched a violent intervention against flotilla vessels yesterday evening (April 29), and their attacks continued all night. It started with threatening radio messages and communication jamming, and it continued with the boarding of multiple flotilla boats and the abduction of the people onboard. You can read our press release here.

At this stage, it is still unclear how many boats have been boarded or damaged, how many people kidnapped and what will happen to them. Head here for Global Sumud Flotilla updates.

Our crew and campaign team on the Arctic Sunrise have not been in direct contact with the Israeli attackers, and are all safe. They have been active all night, and are still at work this morning, to guide flotilla vessels towards safer waters and to assess how we can contribute to further rescue work for damaged vessels.

26 April 2026 update | The Arctic Sunrise departs Syracuse, Italy with the Global Sumud Flotilla

The Arctic Sunrise has departed Syracuse, Italy, continuing its journey alongside the Global Sumud Flotilla as the fleet presses east across the Mediterranean. The flotilla now consists of more than 50 ships, making it the largest flotilla ever assembled to attempt to break the siege. More ships are expected to join later.

Together with humanitarian rescue organisation Open Arms, our crew is working around the clock to keep the flotilla moving, performing complex engine and gearbox overhauls, restoring electrical systems, delivering food supplies and transferring doctors between vessels. Our small boat teams are being pushed to the limit with demanding towing operations and rapid-response transfers, getting support where it is most needed.

The ship’s role is clear: to provide technical and operational maritime support to the people-led flotilla and assist the vessels in safely transiting across the Mediterranean before they complete the last 200 nautical miles onto Gaza’s shores.

This is an act of solidarity, practical support and non-violent resistance, rooted in the belief that when governments fail to protect life and uphold international law, people will still come together to act.

This mission builds on earlier flotilla efforts to break the silence around Gaza. In 2024 and 2025, previous flotillas challenged the blockade and drew international attention to the humanitarian crisis. In September 2025, the Sumud Flotilla sailed with 42 boats and 462 people before Israeli forces intercepted and forcibly boarded the vessels about 70 nautical miles off the Gaza coast, cutting communications and jamming signals. 

The 2026 flotilla continues that same spirit of civilian resistance, but on a larger scale and with renewed determination to demand humanitarian access and justice.

Why this matters now – children, medics, journalists, aid workers, humanity

Gaza has been subjected to a scale of death and destruction that is almost impossible to absorb. Between 7 October 2023 and 14 January 2026, 71,439 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 171,324 injured, according to Gaza health ministry figures reported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

As of mid-February 2026, around 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.1 million people were displaced, with many living in roughly 1,000 makeshift sites. Even after the October 2025 “ceasefire” announcement, OCHA said hundreds more Palestinians were killed, with the reported toll since that announcement rising to 689 by late March 2026.

The genocide in Gaza has also been marked by the killing of the very people trying to save lives and tell the world what is happening – aid workers and journalists.

Amnesty International said at least 408 aid workers had been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, including at least 280 UNRWA staff and 34 Palestine Red Crescent Society staff. The New Humanitarian described Gaza’s aid worker death toll as unprecedented, noting that in just three months the number of humanitarians killed there exceeded the deadliest year ever recorded globally for aid workers. 

Press freedom groups have described this as the deadliest conflict for journalists since CPJ began recording such data in 1992, and a June 2025 public appeal said nearly 200 journalists had been killed by the Israeli military over 20 months. 

In a small, enclosed territory, that concentration of civilian killing, displacement, hunger and attacks on medics, aid workers and reporters has become a defining feature of the war. And it’s spreading.

As Ghiwa Nakat, executive director of Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa says, “The devastation inflicted on Gaza has become a dangerous doctrine of impunity, now spreading to Lebanon through massacres, relentless destruction, and deepening human suffering. The Greenpeace ship is joining this people-led mission to demand safe, unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza and to challenge the illegal blockade that continues to devastate civilian life. We stand firmly against war crimes, deliberate starvation, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and ecocide. This flotilla is a call to governments around the world to end their silence, protect humanitarian action, and act with urgency and principle to uphold international law, human dignity, and justice.”

War is scarring lives, ecosystems and the region for decades

War does not only destroy homes and families. It poisons land and water, wrecks food systems, leaves mountains of toxic rubble and turns recovery into a struggle that can last for generations.

Analysis estimated that the first 120 days of the war generated a mean 536,410 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, with 90% linked to Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza. The same analysis highlighted heavy metal contamination and severe damage to air, water and land, and found that by May 2024 around 57% of Gaza’s cropland had been damaged.

Across the region, war and militarisation are tearing through ecosystems, livelihoods and public health, from Gaza to Lebanon, Iran, and beyond. That is why peace, justice and environmental protection cannot be separated: a liveable future depends on all three.

What you can do

Follow the Global Sumud Flotilla and share verified updates, especially on Instagram and Facebook, so that Gaza is not pushed out of view.

Support calls for a permanent ceasefire, unhindered humanitarian access, a comprehensive arms embargo and an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine.

You can take action by signing petitions, including:

• Greenpeace Nordic – Tell Equinor to end the partnership with Ithaca Energy and cancel the Rosebank oil field
• Greenpeace UK – Stop British-made weapons being used in Gaza
• Greenpeace Spain – No más armas para el genocidio en Gaza
• Greenpeace Aotearoa – Call for sanction on Israel
• Greenpeace MENA – Join MENA voices calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza
• Greenpeace Canada – Tell Canada to stop arming Israel
• Greenpeace Indonesia – Global Sumud Flotilla: Let’s break the siege
• Amnesty International – Lift the blockade on Gaza and stop the genocide
• Doctors Without Borders – Stop the genocide. Let Gaza live

The Global Sumud Flotilla details how its supporters can play a crucial role by: 

• Organising actions and demonstrations 
• Amplifying verified mission updates 
• Pressuring governments to uphold international law 
• Supporting Palestinian-led relief and reconstruction efforts.

With mass displacement, shattered infrastructure and urgent humanitarian needs still defining daily life in Gaza, every bit of solidarity makes a difference.

Fair winds and following seas to all sailing for peace and justice.

Pujarini Sen is project lead for the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship joining the Global Sumud Flotilla