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Highest court puts polluters on notice: a historic standard for climate justice
Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a decision that will be remembered as a turning point in the global fight for climate justice.
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Until the lion learns to write: Trump’s summit and the making of another African “deal”
Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter. For centuries, Africa has been acted upon, extracted from, spoken for, and defined by the ambitions of others.
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Africa deserves a future free from fossil fuel bullying and legal intimidation
In the wake of the jury verdict in a North Dakota court in the SLAPP suit filed by fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer against Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) has issued statements laced with vindictive triumphalism and misinformation.
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Deep-Sea Mining: Africa cannot stay still
In the face of such a risk, Africa cannot remain a passive observer. The continent must take a clear stand against this new frontier of extractivism and raise its voice in international negotiations.
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Peace without justice? The U.S.-DRC-Rwanda deal and Africa’s fight for sovereignty
In June, the United States brokered what appeared to be a diplomatic breakthrough: a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.
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From Bezos’ wedding to Sevilla’s streets: A global demand to tax the super-rich
On June 23rd, just days before Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Venice wedding, Greenpeace Italy and UK grassroots group called Everyone Hates Elon dropped a 20-meter banner in Piazza San Marco: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax”.
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Upholding AMCEN Decision 19/2 on Plastic Pollution
Safeguarding Africa’s global reputation and environmental leadership
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Why the FfD4 summit in Sevilla must strongly support new global tax rules
Governments are struggling to find the money for their citizen’s most pressing needs and for environmental and climate action.
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No, we cannot cut down trees for concrete. Forests must stand in a growing Nairobi.
Let’s be clear: the idea that cutting down forests is an acceptable cost of urbanization is not just outdated, it’s destructive.
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Bezos’ Venice wedding divorced from reality: Why it’s time to tax the super-rich
On June 23rd, together with “Everyone Hates Elon”, we took over Venice’s Piazza San Marco with a 20-meter banner of billionaire Jeff Bezos.
