France, July 13 -- Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace International's executive director Mads Christensen says the attack only made the movement stronger and proved that "you can't sink a rainbow". He tells RFI how one act of violence inspired generations of activists and continues to fuel their fight for the planet.

RFI: What did the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior mean for you personally?

MC: It's something I remember very clearly. In 1985, I was in my sixth grade at school, I was 13 years old. This was a moment that inspired me. It symbolised the courage of a few individuals trying to stop nuclear testing that, even at that young age, I knew was dangerous and an existential threat during the Cold War.

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