Greenpeace chief: Little to celebrate after 50 years of activism

Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace International, says she is very worried that the world's response would fall short at the crucial COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in October. Photo: John Thys/AFP

Half a century after a small group of radicals created Greenpeace, the head of the environmental organisation warned that it still has far to go on the climate crisis before it can truly celebrate.

Created on Sept 15, 1971 when a boat of the same name tried to stop a US nuclear test, Greenpeace has become one of the world's best known action groups with its headline-grabbing stunts.