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When the land speaks back: Tanzania’s Maasai are rejecting carbon credits on their land. The world should pay attention.
Somewhere in northern Tanzania, a Maasai elder knows the name of every ridge on the rangeland his cattle have grazed for decades. He knows which valleys hold water in a dry season, which corridors to follow when the rains fail, which months to move and which months to stay.
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The rising lakes of Kenya’s Rift Valley are swallowing communities whole
This is not a flood story. Floods recede. This is something else entirely: a lake that has been swallowing the Rift Valley for over a decade, and the communities stranded at its edge, waiting for help that has not come.
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The challenges ahead remain significant. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice continue to threaten both people and ecosystems
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.
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Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations
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From Recognition to Results: The African Union Commission must deliver in 2026
Recognition was important. But recognition alone would not protect forests, secure water or strengthen sovereignty. One year later, the question is no longer whether the African Union understands the stakes.
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Artists unveil street art around the world as historic Global Ocean Treaty comes into force
As the Global Ocean Treaty officially comes into force, artists worldwide unveil large-scale street art, celebrating the hard-won victory after two decades of campaigning. The global action, coordinated by Greenpeace, also marks the beginning of a crucial countdown to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030.
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Greenpeace Africa opens Mauritius office: let’s protect the Indian Ocean as High Seas Treaty comes into force
The wait is over. Yesterday, our environmental movement across Africa got a little bigger. We are proud to announce that Greenpeace Africa has officially opened its doors in Port Louis, Mauritius.
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Greenpeace Africa launches Mauritius office to strengthen ocean protection as Global Oceans Treaty becomes operational
Greenpeace Africa has officially launched its Mauritius office, the Greenpeace Africa Foundation, marking a strategic expansion into the Indian Ocean region and a long-term commitment to work alongside Mauritian communities and partners to protect marine ecosystems, strengthen enforcement of environmental laws, and advance ocean justice.
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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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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.