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Greenpeace Africa Welcomes Outcomes from AMCEN 2024: Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Finance and Plastic Reduction
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, September 7, 2024 — As the 10th Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) concludes, Greenpeace Africa commends African ministers for their leadership in tackling some of the continent’s most critical environmental issues—climate change, plastic pollution, and biodiversity loss.
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AMCEN 2024 : Greenpeace Africa Urges African Ministers to Champion Bold Climate Action and Plastic Reduction.
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 2, 2024 — As Ministers meet for the 10th Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Abidjan, Greenpeace Africa’s campaigners have urged African leaders to take decisive action to address the interlinked crises of plastic pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss.
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TotalEnergies’ Exit from South Africa Gas Exploration a Win for the Climate and Communities
Greenpeace Africa celebrates TotalEnergies' recent decision to cease its gas exploration activities in South Africa's offshore Blocks. This move marks a significant victory in the fight against fossil fuel extraction and its detrimental impact on the planet.
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Greenpeace Africa applauds the South Africa president decision to assent the climate change bill
Johannesburg/ 24-07-2024 The South African President has just “signed into law the Climate Change Bill which sets out a national climate change response”, says the official communique. This decision implies…
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In Congo-Brazzaville UN Deputy Secretary-General Greenwashes an Ecocidal Oil Permit
Following her visit to the Republic of Congo's Conkouati-Douli National Park on 6 July, Greenpeace Africa calls on the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed to denounce the government’s decision to award an oil and gas exploration permit there last February.
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Greenpeace Africa to Participate in AU-ECOSOCC 20th Anniversary in Ghana
Greenpeace Africa is pleased to announce its participation in the 20th anniversary commemoration of the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) in Accra, Ghana.
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Wild Coast communities, Environmental Justice organisations appeal Shell judgment at the Constitutional Court
Wild Coast communities, Sustaining the Wild Coast, All Rise Attorneys, Natural Justice and Greenpeace Africa have, last week, filed petitions in the Constitutional Court to appeal against the order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the legal battle over Shell’s exploration rights which allows them to conduct seismic testing on the Wild Coast…
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A continent submerged: Africa’s flood crisis
A breakdown of the recent flooding events across Africa, the damage caused, and the course of action we must take to minimise their frequency.
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The Climate Crisis: Case of Flooding in Kenya and Extreme weather events.
Floods, drought and other extreme weather events have become the norm in the current times. Lives in the hundreds have been lost and the loss of livelihoods has left many families hopeless.
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Perennial flooding in Kenya needs a lasting solution
Floods in Kenya have killed dozens, washed away crops and destroyed property worth millions of shillings forcing people to flee with nothing. Approximately 300 people have lost their lives, while another 300,000 have been affected by the recent floods in Kenya. In Eastern Africa, over 600,000 people have been affected including 234,000 displaced according to…