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5 Points to Understand Congo’s Logging Moratorium
This blog explains what the moratorium on new logging concessions in DRC is, how it was violated and why restoring it is essential for both people and nature.
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Certification schemes such as FSC are greenwashing forest destruction
Certified companies, including the widely-known FSC label, are reportedly linked to forest destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses, warns a new report from Greenpeace…
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Op-Ed | Slam the Kenya-US Plastic Proposal, Focus on the Climate Crisis
The UNEP acknowledged Kenya’s “stewardship” in the continental fight against plastic pollution; but, if the past fews months are anything to go by, its notoriously stringent anti-plastic laws may not have as firm a grip
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Op-Ed | Why implementing NDCs in Kenya is long overdue
In December 2020, Kenya revised and resubmitted it’s National Determined Contributions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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Kenya Still at Risk Despite UN Plastics Nod: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 22 February 2021 — In the lead up to the UN summit being held in Nairobi, UNEP has named Kenya as an emerging leader in the fight against…
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New illegal forest concessions in the DRC: the Environment Minister has done it again
Greenpeace Africa calls on the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, to order the immediate cancellation of four illegal forest concession contracts
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Ramaphosa must not “mess up” Just Transition: SONA
In response to President Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) this evening, Greenpeace Africa Climate and Energy Campaigner Nhlanhla Sibisi has said:
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What needs to happen so the Mauritius oil spill never happens again?
Our personal histories are often attached to historical moments of shock. From wildfires to acts of terror, we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we…
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Greenpeace Africa condemns Creecy’s misinformation campaign
Johannesburg, 2 February 2021 — In response to the lawsuit filed against her by environmental NGOs groundWork and the Vukani Environmental Justice Movement, Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF)…
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Greenpeace Africa responds to Ramaphosa’s Davos address
26 January 2021, Johannesburg — Responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda this morning, Greenpeace Africa’s Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Happy Khambule has…
