GREENPEACE AFRICA ANNUAL REPORT 2025
Defined by urgency and possibility for climate and environmental justice across Africa, 2025 saw the continent and communities face the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis: floods, droughts, displacement, and increasing pressure on livelihoods and ecosystems. At the same time, there is a growing recognition that Africa’s future cannot be shaped solely in global negotiation rooms. It must be driven by the voices, priorities, and leadership of those most affected.
Throughout the year, Greenpeace Africa worked alongside communities, partners, and supporters to advance this vision. Together, we challenged harmful industries, strengthened policy advocacy, and ensured that African perspectives were present in regional and global decision-making spaces.
Our campaigns contributed to tangible progress across key areas, including forest protection, ocean governance, pollution, and sustainable food systems. Legal action played an increasingly important role in holding governments and corporations accountable, while grassroots mobilisation and youth leadership strengthened the broader movement for environmental justice.
One of the most important lessons reinforced this year is the power of integration. When legal strategies, public mobilisation, policy advocacy, and communications work together, they create the conditions for meaningful and lasting change.
Partnerships have been central to this progress. Civil society organisations, community leaders, researchers, journalists, and volunteers have all contributed to expanding the reach and impact of our work. Their engagement reflects a shared understanding that protecting ecosystems is inseparable from protecting people and livelihoods.
Equally powerful is the energy and leadership of young people across the continent. Their voices, ideas, and determination are reshaping how environmental action is organised and sustained, and they continue to push for more inclusive and just solutions.
Regional and global engagement has remained critical. Through sustained participation in multilateral platforms, we have worked to elevate community priorities within climate and environmental policy discussions. These efforts have strengthened our role as a continental actor contributing to the evolution of climate narratives and policy frameworks.
The challenges ahead remain significant. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice continue to threaten both people and ecosystems. Yet, the progress achieved over the past year shows that coordinated action can shift policies, influence decisions, and strengthen accountability.
This progress would not have been possible without the guidance of the Board, the dedication of our teams, and the continued collaboration of our partners, volunteers, supporters, and the communities we serve.
Looking ahead, we will continue to expand our work, deepen partnerships, and support community-led solutions that protect both people and nature.
Dr. Oulie Keita
Greenpeace Africa Executive Director
