Ignite the change
So much environmental destruction, and so much of the grave impact of climate change on people’s lives in Africa goes unnoticed. You have the power to change that. With you, we can stop environmental destruction, hold companies and governments accountable and build a sustainable future for ourselves and for the planet.
Change My Community
Big change starts with small steps. It starts with you keeping nature…
#Plastics
We are producing more and more throwaway plastic and increasing our dependency…
Protect The Environment
A healthy environment is essential to a green and peaceful world. Oceans,…
#Forests
Our forests help stabilise the climate, and are home to a diversity…
Inspire The Movement
Millions of people standing up to power continue to inspire change we…
#Energy
Africa is crying out for clean, locally produced and cost-effective energy solutions.…
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Cameroon: Maroua floods exposes the growing cost of climate inaction
The devastating floods that struck Maroua last weekend are the latest in a pattern of climate-driven disasters spreading across Cameroon. Greenpeace Africa stands in solidarity with the people of Maroua and warns that flooding of this scale is no longer an isolated event but a national emergency that is becoming more frequent, more severe and…
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More than a race: what Kayar’s pirogues tell us about the ocean
When I arrived in Kayar to attend the pirogue race, I expected to witness a sporting competition. But as the songs rose from the shore and the crowd cheered the crews on, I realised that what was unfolding before me was about much more than winning a race.
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Exposed: Oil blocks and mining concessions cover almost 100% of world’s largest green corridor
Greenpeace Africa today launched The Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor: Warning Signs and the Urgent Need for a Moratorium on New Extractive Projects, exposing major contradictions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) ambitious conservation agenda and the continued expansion of oil, gas and mining activities within one of world’s largest forest reserves.