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eThekwini contaminated water; We are swimming in faeces while dodging E. coli.
Rivers polluted by sewers are nothing new to Durbanites. This problem has existed for years. In 2020, a local group of Greenpeace Africa in Durban submitted a petition to the…
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Case on Punitive Seed Laws Mentioned in Court
Nairobi, 16 November 2022 – A public interest litigation filed by 15 farmers representing many other smallholder farmers across the country calling for an amendment of punitive seed laws has been mentioned before the Machakos law courts today.
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COP27: A letter to African leaders
At this moment, in collaboration with other leaders of the world, you are meeting in Egypt in order to decide on our future and make commitments to tackle the climate crisis, we expect you to consider our demands.
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Should climate funding be a deal breaker for climate action in Africa?
As the world looks yet again with hope and anticipation to the current round of talks in the global climate conference in Egypt (COP27), it is clear that one of the most critical ways to address the climate quagmire is to make polluters pay.
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The price of oil extraction in DR Congo is revealed – NGOs take Perenco to court over 167 pollution cases.
The harmful operations of Perenco S.A, France's second largest oil company and the only oil operator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were in the spotlight of a report by Investigate Europe, Disclose and EIT (Environmental Investigative Forum). The company is now summoned to the French court this Wednesday, November 9, by two associations…
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Congo oil: The worst deal in the world to insure
Irene Wabiwa Betoko is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin forest, Greenpeace Africa; Kuba Gogolewski is the Lead Campaigner, European Money for Change, Greenpeace
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DRC Environment Minister implicated in carbon credit land grab
Kinshasa, 7 November 2022 – As COP27 opens in Sharm El-Sheikh, where the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again presenting itself as a “country-solution” to the climate crisis,…
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Greenpeace Africa responds to Just Energy Transition Investment Plan
04 November, Johannesburg – Tonight, on the eve of the commencement of the twenty-seventh United Nations Climate Change Conference, President Ramaphosa released the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Investment Plan…
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Camouflaged destruction: Plundering of Campo Forests under the pretext of a so-called “Development” Project
On 16 February 2022, the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife signed a series of orders granting localized timber sales in the Campo Subdivision, Ocean Division, South Region.
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A safe and fair future for all can be delivered at COP27
The burning question at the upcoming 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27) is whether richer, historically more polluting governments are going to pay up for the loss and damage caused by climate change.
