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Why Greenpeace is calling on governments to cut plastic production by at least 75% by 2040
The data is clear. Global plastic production doubled from 2000 to 2019, reaching 460 million tonnes (Mt) per year, and without action is anticipated to nearly triple by 2050 and projected to consume 13% or more of Earth’s remaining carbon budget to keep warming
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Hands Off Our Forests
Hands off our forests! Is the famous call by Tracy Makheti who has been bold enough to challenge President William Ruto on his decision to lift the 2018 logging ban in our forests.
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Yaoundé: Greenpeace Africa activists mobilise to demand the abandonment of fossil fuels
Greenpeace Africa activists from Cameroon gathered at Tsinga on Friday 15 September 2023 to call for a halt to fossil fuel production.
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Insuring the future by protecting the Congo rainforest
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where large parts of the Congo Basin rainforest - the world's second biggest intact rainforest - lie, is auctioning licences for oil and gas exploration, which it claims will help Congolese people by providing investment and income to boost the economy.
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Greenpeace in Monte Carlo: activists protest against insurance companies support for oil development
Greenpeace activists demonstrated today at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo (Monaco), demanding that insurance and reinsurance companies refrain from covering the risk of the development of oil concessions in a carbon bomb and biodiversity hotspot in the Congo rainforest.
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Congo oil fields are quickly becoming uninsurable
Any company granted exploration and exploitation rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) oil auction could find itself without financial protection, according to a report published today by Greenpeace Africa, Insure our Future, Reclaim Finance and Urgewald.
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Africa Climate Summit fails to deliver on African solutions for a clean energy future
6 sept. Nairobi: Today, the African Union released The African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action on the last day of the Africa Climate Summit.
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Africa Climate Summit
Two years after the Just Transition Partnership was announced by South Africa and Global North partners, a similar Just Transition Partnership has been announced with Senegal
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Floods And Landslides In South Africa: Two Sides Of A Catastrophic Coin
A detailed account on the climate crisis & the challenge of destructive floods in South Africa.
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Climate Justice Camp: the time for young people to come together for climate action
The Climate Justice Camp only happens once a year, and this year I am among the youth and climate activists from the Global South who will be participating.