Source: Greenpeace Statement –
Greenpeace Southeast Asia condemns the escalating war in Southwest Asia and the governments driving it. Since February 2026, military strikes, including those carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, have intensified a cycle of violence that is killing civilians and destroying the environment at scale.
This is not security. This is devastation.
We condemn the ongoing Israeli military attacks, including those impacting civilians in Lebanon, which continue to expand the war and deepen human suffering. Civilians across the region are being killed, displaced, and stripped of their right to live in peace and dignity.
We stand in full solidarity with affected communities and with Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa and Greenpeace International. We demand an immediate and unconditional ceasefire by all parties.
War is a system of destruction. It destroys lives, poisons ecosystems, and locks the world into fossil fuel dependence. It accelerates climate collapse while governments claim to act on climate. This hypocrisy is costing lives.
There are no justifications for this violence. There is no pathway to peace through war.
We stand with people everywhere who are resisting war and demanding justice. We stand with movements calling for an end to militarization, exploitation, and extraction, and for a rapid transition to clean, decentralized renewable energy systems that put people and planet first.
We demand an immediate ceasefire. We demand protection of civilians and full respect for human rights. We demand unrestricted humanitarian access. We demand accountability for the destruction of communities and ecosystems.
Governments fueling this war must be held to account. Continued military escalation is a choice, and it is the wrong one. The world does not need more weapons. It needs leadership, courage, and an end to violence.
ASEAN leaders must not hide behind silence. Neutrality in the face of injustice is complicity. The region must take a clear stand for peace, human rights, and environmental justice, and act now.
We refuse to accept a future shaped by war, fossil fuels, and destruction. A different future is possible, but only if we fight for it. Together, we will resist. Together, we will defend life. Now.