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Day Two: COP 31 holds an open dialogue on a Roadmap to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, while electrification continues to gain momentum
Chaired by COP 30 president, André Do Lago, with a keynote speech by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, COP 26 President Alok Sharma of the UK, and Ana Toni – National Secretary for Climate Change / Chief Executive Officer of the COP30 Presidency, the dialogue was a contribution…
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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.
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Greenpeace Africa urges looming 1.5°C overshoot must spark urgent action to end fossil fuels at COP31
Greenpeace Africa is calling on governments at the UN climate summit COP31 to respond to the looming overshoot of 1.5°C with urgent action to phase out fossil fuels and end forest destruction in a bid to limit the extent and duration of the overshoot.
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From rhetoric to reality: Why COP31 must deliver for Africa
In the next few days, the world will gather in Antalya, southwestern Turkey, for the 31st UN Climate Change Conference. This must not be another talk shop or jamboree. It must be a decisive turning point that shapes global climate action.
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New Gambia fisheries coalition urges presidential candidates to sign sustainable fisheries Charter
Fishing community representatives and civil-society organisations today launched the National Coalition for Sustainable Fisheries in The Gambia, with a first mission: secure presidential candidates’ endorsement of a Charter to protect fisheries resources and the people who depend on them.
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Congo Basin civil society unites, calling on regional governments to protect forests and community rights
The Third Regional Conference of Congo Basin Civil Society Organisations concludes with the Libreville Declaration, calling for more transparent forest governance, recognition of forest peoples' rights, and direct access to climate finance.
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Central African civil society unite in Libreville to urge Congo Basin governments to turn commitments into action
Amid mounting pressure and growing threats to the Congo Basin forests, the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and persistent barriers to direct access to climate finance, Greenpeace Africa, in partnership with Brainforest, will host the third Regional Conference of Environmental Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) of the Congo Basin on 28–29 October 2026 in…
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Pay Baby Pay: African activists confront oil majors at African Energy Week
Greenpeace Africa activists today confronted oil and gas companies at African Energy Week (AEW) in Cape Town, demanding that the companies stop looking away from the human cost of the climate crisis and pay for the loss and damage they are driving.