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Africa is ready to lead.
Greenpeace Africa is at COP31, the UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Türkiye. It’s the “implementation COP”, and we’re here to make sure the promises are funded through grants, built around local needs, and delivered to frontline communities.
Your donation helps break that cycle – supporting diverse indigenous seeds that farmers can grow, save, multiply, and share, building lasting seed independence.
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Day One: COP agenda adopted, but Climate Finance Work faces resistance.
The COP 31 Opening plenary – agreeing on the agenda. The COP 31 president pushed for consensus on the cover decision, a necessary hurdle before real negotiations could begin. We also witnessed the official opening of the African and Ethiopian pavilions, with the latter limbering up to host COP 32.
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Africa is not your server: the hidden cost of the data centre boom
As global technology companies race to build data centres across Africa, we must ask three questions: who benefits, who pays in water and electricity, and who gets to decide?
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David vs. Goliath: How Greenpeace Africa and the deCOALonize movement defeated the Lamu Coal Plant
When developers proposed a $2 billion, 1,050-megawatt coal-fired power plant on the pristine coast of Lamu, Kenya, the stakes could not have been higher. The project threatened not only a UNESCO World Heritage site and fragile marine ecosystems, but also Kenya’s commitment to a clean energy future.
TAKE ACTION
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Protect world’s largest Forest Reserve
World’s largest Forest Reserve threatened by mining, logging, oil and gas. Let’s change that.
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End the plastic pollution crisis in South Africa
Add your name now to demand that South Africa implement a total ban on unnecessary single-use plastic and invest in refill-and-reuse systems.
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Legal poison! Ban toxic pesticides across Africa. Now.
Add your voice now, demand that African leaders ban the production, trade, and use of toxic pesticides across the continent.
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Support landmark change to African law across the continent
This is your moment to be part of history. Let’s tell the African Court to put climate justice into law.
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Seed is sovereign
Kenyan government: scrap law that JAILS Kenyan farmers for sharing indigenous seeds
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Stop the industrial plunder of West Africa
The industrial fishing lobby is powerful, and West Africa’s fishing communities can’t fight this battle alone.
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Time to Resist
Billionaires like Elon Musk were born in Africa but now use their power to infiltrate global politics, destroy the world and hurt the poorest in society.
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Wellbeing for All
The richest 1% have captured twice as much wealth as the 99% of the world’s population, between 2020 and 2023. The Finance Bill in Kenya would have ONLY managed to collect 2.68 billion dollars from the average person. While 480 BILLION DOLLARS are lost to tax abuse by billionaires and multinationals (including big oil corporations).
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Stop the attack on Kenya’s forests now!
Iconic Kenyan forests making up almost 10 times the size of Nairobi are under threat.
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Stop Ghana From Becoming Europe’s Textile Waste Dumpsite
Enough is enough! Instead of importing the Global North’s fast-fashion waste problem let’s put African solutions first. Will you sign the petition now?