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Greenpeace Victories
The year is young but there are already things to celabrate!

🏆Greenpeace UK
Landmark legal victory on Oil & Gas permits.
We won a landmark legal victory, with the Scottish courts agreeing with us that the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea were unlawfully approved as they failed to undergo full and proper climate checks - and quashing their drilling permits. Shell, Equinor and Ithaca - the companies behind the fields - are now currently blocked from extracting oil and gas from the fields.

🏆Greenpeace Netherlands
Greenpeace Netherlands won court case in nitrogym lawsuit against Dutch government
We filed a lawsuit because the government is doing way too little to protect Dutch nature from too much nitrogen. The court ruled in favour of Greenpeace. It ordered the State to get to work immediately to reduce nitrogen emissions in most vulnerable nature areas.
The court ruled that natural habitats in the Netherlands have been proven to have deteriorated, and the State must comply with its own law. That means the State must bring 50% of nitrogen-sensitive nature below the relevant Critical Load by 2030, prioritising the most urgent natural habitat types.

🏆Greenpeace Nordic
Västtrafik in West Sweden has implemented the country's strictest fossil ad ban
West Sweden's communal company Västtrafik has introduced a Fossil Ad Ban for all their buses, trams and trains and over 600 ad placements in the area's bus shelters. The ban is the most strict fossil ad ban in Sweden until date and includes advertising promoting airplane trips as well as fossil cars.

🏆Greenpeace Southeast Asia
The Thai government officially announced the ban on plastic waste import on December 16th, 2024.
The Ministry of Commerce of Thailand released a notification designating plastic scraps under the custom code 39.15 as goods prohibited from being imported into the kingdom. The notification comes into effect from January 1st, 2025 onwards. After more than 5 years of campaigning, this is a significant step forward in environmental protection and waste management. Greenpeace Thailand and coalitions congratulate this movement and call for strong implementation.

🏆Greenpeace Norway/Nordic
Arctic deep sea mining plans stopped in Norway!
After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters for at least the whole of 2025.

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Monthly Greenpeace Victories

🏆 Greenpeace Belgium
Another legal ruling confirms that Flemish authorities have been neglecting their duty of care obligation in the big PFAS scandal in Belgium.
For several years after discovery, different involved authorities and ministers decided not to communicate on found PFAS-pollution (in order not to jeopardize a big road infrastructure project in Antwerp). When the scandal broke, Greenpeace (together with partners) started different legal procedures. This one now confirms the illegality of the authorities actions between 2016 and 2021 (when the scandal broke), and sets another important precedent for environmental policies in Belgium. Here is more info!

🏆 Greenpeace EU
In a big victory for Greenpeace, for the first time ever there will be a European Commissioner for intergenerational fairness!
This was one of our key demands in relation to our future generations work, and Greenpeace EU worked on it closely together with the European Youth Forum. Having a Commissioner for Future Generations allows us to bring in all our demands that lead to a healthy living planet for future generations. More background info here and the Mission letter here.

🏆 Greenpeace Netherlands
Greenpeace Netherlands was declared admissible by court in the climate case against the Dutch State.
The Court in The Hague ruled that Greenpeace Netherlands is admissible and may defend the general interest of Bonaire in the case. The first hearing will take place next year. More information on this here.

🏆 Greenpeace Southeast Asia
The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) has officially identified gaps in the legal framework and environmental governance regarding air pollution. By providing six recommendations in its report, SUHAKAM has laid the foundation for discussions on the need to enact a Clean Air Act and amend the Federal Constitution to recognize the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Find more info here.