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The 1999 jeans I never threw away
Remembering what fashion forgot: why keeping what we have might just save the planet.
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Transition minerals at COP30 & G20: the future was decided in a single week
The world has just witnessed a rare alignment of global decision-making. As the final hours of COP30 in Belém collided with the last days of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, two arenas shaped the future of the mineral-powered transition.
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The Ritz-Carlton luxury lodge threatening Maasai livelihoods, the Great Migration and Kenyan pride
Community members, wildlife experts and long-time guides in the Maasai Mara have been raising concerns for months about the Ritz-Carlton Safari Camp being built along the Sand River. Their warnings, now supported by independent reporting, show a development that threatens the balance of the Mara ecosystem and sidelines the rights of the Maasai people whose…
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Wealth taxes to fund a Fair Future: A Call to the G20
When G20 leaders gather in South Africa later this month, they do so at a time when the world is a dangerous tipping point. From devastating floods to rising food prices, deepening inequality and skyrocketing debt in the Global South, multiple crises are converging and the international system meant to manage them is failing.
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Plastic isn’t just trash, it’s a justice issue
Kenya outlawed plastic bags in 2017; a step in the right direction. But look around the bottles and sachets and wrappers are still pouring out of our streets, drainages and rivers. It is not whether bans will work but why is it that we continue to fail trying to ban one type of plastic but…
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Soil carbon credits in Tanzania are a climate solution built on sand – and Kenya could be next
At first glance, these projects seem like a win-win: protect the land, store carbon in the soil, and generate income for local communities. But when you read the fine print and speak to those who are involved, a different picture emerges – one where climate action becomes a cover for land control and exploitation.
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The real climate leaders: Indigenous Peoples and local communities
For years, international biodiversity and climate talks have brought big promises but little real progress on the ground. Most of the solutions presented are often too complicated to actually help the communities who need it the most.
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Kenya’s deadly landslides and rising waters reveal the true cost of climate injustice
Kenya is once again counting its losses in the wake of devastating climate-fuelled disasters. At least 32 people have died and dozens remain missing after a powerful landslide struck Elgeyo Marakwet County, following days of relentless rainfall that turned steep highland slopes into rivers of mud.
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We are telling the African story at COP30 — one of justice, courage and hope
Africa is not at COP30 to plead, but to lead. From forest defenders to youth innovators, the continent carries solutions the world can no longer afford to ignore.
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Erased for carbon: the Maasai struggle in Tanzania’s elections
As campaign season sweeps through Tanzania, the air is thick with promises. Politicians pledge jobs, new social services, better infrastructure, and ambitious welfare programs.