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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Transition minerals at COP30 & G20: the future was decided in a single week

    The world has just witnessed a rare alignment of global decision-making. As the final hours of COP30 in Belém collided with the last days of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, two arenas shaped the future of the mineral-powered transition.

    Koaile Monaheng, Pan-African Political Strategist
    3 December 2025
  • Indigenous March Kicks off the Second Week of COP30 in Belém. © Filipe Bispo / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Climate, forest protection roadmaps slashed from formal COP30 outcome as people demand change

    Belém, Brazil - What started with strong hope and promise ended without actionable roadmaps to end forest destruction and the burning of fossil fuels, as geopolitical divisions again showcased the disconnection with people calling for COP30 climate action.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    22 November 2025
    3 min read
  • Amazon Ash Art Performance by Brazilian Artivist Mundano Demands Action for Forests at COP30 in Belem. © Filipe Bispo / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    COP30 ends meekly, failing to convert momentum into forest, finance and climate action

    Belém, Brazil - 22 November - Belém ends without what matters the most: a real adaptation deal, a time-bound fossil phase-out and an actionable forest roadmap. Africa showed up for justice; its politics chose compromise.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    22 November 2025
    2 min read
  • 1.5 Ambition Projection at COP30 in Belem. © Tuane Fernandes / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Greenpeace Africa urges African governments to back a Belém Fossil-Fuel phase-out Roadmap

    Belém, Brazil — More than 80 countries now back a global roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. With only four African signatories so far, Greenpeace Africa urges more African governments to join this coalition and use it to lock in finance, fairness, and safeguards that make the transition real at home.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    21 November 2025
    1 min read
  • 1.5 Ambition Projection at COP30 in Belem. © Tuane Fernandes / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Proposed COP30 decision texts fail to raise ambition, protect forests, deliver finance

    Belém, Brazil, 21 November 2025, Greenpeace has dismissed the second Mutirão Decision text at the UN climate conference COP30 and urged parties to reject it and send it back to the Presidency for revision.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    21 November 2025
    2 min read
  • 1.5 Ambition Projection at COP30 in Belem. © Tuane Fernandes / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    COP30: Progress on fossil fuel phase-out and forest protection, but more action needed

    Belém, Brazil, November 2025 As the first week of COP30 ends, Greenpeace is calling on world leaders to turn promises into action by adopting a clear plan to end deforestation by 2030, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver fair climate finance that keeps the 1.5°C goal alive.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    17 November 2025
    1 min read
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Greenpeace joins over 40,000 marching in Belém calling for forest and climate action at COP30

    Belém, Brazil, 15 November 2025 — Greenpeace joined more than 40,000 people at the Global Climate March in Belém to end the first week of the UN climate conference, today.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    15 November 2025
    2 min read
  • Aerial Monitoring of Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Bold climate and forest action can make Belém an historic COP30

    Greenpeace has urged delegates to ensure COP30 results in a historic plan to end forest destruction and to urgently close the 1.5°C ambition gap.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    10 November 2025
    2 min read
  • Aerial Monitoring of Fires and Deforestation in the Amazon. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
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    GreenpeaceAfrica COP30

    Greenpeace: world leaders must set the stage for COP30 climate, forests action

    Greenpeace has called on world leaders meeting at the  Climate Summit in Belém to send a clear signal to delegates at COP30 that the time has come to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap.

    Ibrahima Ka Ndoye
    7 November 2025
    2 min read
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    COP30 GreenpeaceAfrica DRC

    Closure of the 2nd Congo Basin CSOs Conference: the Kinshasa Declaration establishes a regional front for climate justice and forest protection

    Kinshasa, 4 November 2025 – The second edition of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Conference of the Congo Basin concluded on 31 October in Kinshasa on a note of unity and commitment, with the solemn adoption of the Kinshasa Declaration.

    Raphael Mavambu
    4 November 2025
    2 min read
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