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"We exist to expose environmental criminals, and to challenge government and corporations when they fail to live up to their mandate to safeguard our environment and our future." —Greenpeace[1]

Greenpeace is an influential international environmentalist organization with presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. It was founded in 1971.[1] Headquartered in Amsterdam, Greenpeace has 2.8 million supporters worldwide.[2]

Its mission is:[3]

  • Catalysing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet: climate change.
  • Defending our oceans by challenging wasteful and destructive fishing, and creating a global network of marine reserves.
  • Protecting the world’s remaining ancient forests which are depended on by many animals, plants and people.
  • Working for disarmament and peace by reducing dependence on finite resources and calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
  • Creating a toxic free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals in today's products and manufacturing.
  • Campaigning for sustainable agriculture by encouraging socially and ecologically responsible farming practices.

The organization is known for its flagship carrier Rainbow Warrior, a sea vessel used to protest nuclear testing which was destroyed in a bombing by French agents. After the sinking of the first vessel, it started operating a second vessel also named Rainbow Warrior, sometimes called Rainbow Warrior 2.

Greenpeace is a prominent voice for reduction of anthropogenic global warming,[4] monitoring climate change[5], monitoring and controlling genetically modified food,[6][7] reducing pollution and nuclear power and other environmental issues.

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