
Mads Christensen
Mads Christensen is the Executive Director of Greenpeace International and a life-long environmental advocate. He joined the global movement as a youth volunteer and rose through the ranks while leading bold missions from the Amazon to Greenland. Three decades in, he remains driven by hope, persistence, and the fight for a greener, more just world through global cooperation and multilateralism.
Feb 13, 2026
The more Europe relies on the US for energy, the more it’s vulnerable to pressure by Trump
Risking energy security suicide through dependency on US gas, Europe’s leaders must instead reject resource colonialism
Sep 22, 2025
It’s time for majority voting at UN climate summits
The head of Greenpeace argues that the climate crisis demands urgent UN reform to facilitate an accelerated global response
Sep 23, 2024
Global push to triple renewables requires responsible mining of minerals
As leaders at the UN debate how to meet renewable energy goals, they must also ensure supply chains are sustainable
Nov 28, 2023
The Cop28 climate summit must set us free from fossil fuels
My homeland of Denmark played its part in causing the climate crisis but is now phasing out fossil fuels. In Dubai, the world must follow
Sep 15, 2023
Leaders must listen to the people and end fossil fuels
Masses of people will take to the streets in 650 events around the world this weekend, to call for a phaseout of coal, oil and gas




