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Just transition key to addressing youth unemployment: Greenpeace Africa
21 March, Johannesburg – On Human Rights Day, Greenpeace Africa calls on the South African government to fast track a just transition to renewable energy. Doing so will prioritise South…
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Distressing findings of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report signal climate litigation to come
Climate change is no longer imminent but violently unfurling before our eyes. As the South African government cautiously navigates the transition away from fossil fuels, the South African public is…
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How to Refill and Reuse at Home
The latest data from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency estimate that the average American disposes of 4.4 pounds of trash every day. However, this has since reduced, especially after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), introduced the “reduce, reuse, and recycle” campaign.
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International Women’s Day: Advocacy Groups Envision an Alternative Future for Women in South Africa
South Africa, March 8, 2022 – On International Women’s Day, advocacy groups analyse South Africa’s socio-economic stressors through a feminist lens, envisioning what an alternative future for women could look…
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#PlasticTreaty: Stop exploiting African and other global majority countries with ‘waste colonialism’
Richer countries are scrambling to find nations in the global majority to ship their waste off to. Angelo Louw unpacks waste colonialism and the need for a strong global plastic treaty
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Greenpeace Africa Calls on Governments to Endorse a Legally Binding Global Plastics Treaty
For the first time in history, consideration of a global plastics treaty to tackle the plastic crisis is one of the top priorities in the upcoming talks set to begin in Nairobi this week. Greenpeace Africa calls on all UN Member States to support the most comprehensive draft resolution and to adopt further measures to…
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Gwede Mantashe betrays his legacy
South Africans ushered 2021 out the door with a momentous victory when the Makhanda High Court in Grahamstown ordered Shell to cease their seismic blasting along the Wild Coast. But the challenge to Shell's activities made Gwede Mantashe see red.
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Fight against the plastic peril: So close, yet so far from the goal !
8.5 billion tons of plastic have been produced in the world since 1950. This figure is appalling, the extent of the disaster that weighs like a sword of Damocles, on our heads. And the trend is not about to be reversed if we do not take, here and now, at the highest level, strong, courageous…
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Minister Godongwana misses the mark: Greenpeace Africa
Johannesburg, 23 February – Responding to Minister Godongwana’s Budget speech today, Greenpeace Africa Climate and Energy Campaigner Thandile Chinyavanhu said:
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Greenpeace Africa reacts to scientific report on wildfires projecting an infernal 21st century
A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report projects a 50 per cent global increase in wildfires by 2100. Greenpeace Africa is calling on governments to boost their preparedness and protect the continent’s rainforests ahead of an infernal century.