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NGOs letter to donor governments
Imminent threat to the Congo Basin rainforest from the lifting of the DRC moratorium on new logging concessions
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WHO strengthens air quality guidelines: Greenpeace response
Save draft Preview Publish Add title WHO strengthens air quality guidelines: Greenpeace response Join the push against environmental injustice 22 September, 2021 - Today the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its air quality guidelines for the first time in 15 years. In 2020, air pollution in most of the world’s biggest cities failed to meet…
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Greenpeace Africa Analysis reveals Johannesburg Power Outages are graver than City Power wants you to believe
The chronic under-resourcing of infrastructure in Johannesburg has long plagued residents of this once world-class African city. One of the ways in which this has chiefly impacted residents is energy access. As winter rears its ugly head, once again, residents of Johannesburg are forced to contend not only with load shedding imposed by Eskom but…
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Capital Markets Day: Sasol needs to raise ambitions amid unemployment crisis
21 September, Johannesburg — Greenpeace Africa challenges Sasol to raise its ambitions beyond profit and towards justice. Tomorrow, according to Sasol, it will release its emissions reduction roadmap to 2050…
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Open letter to the Ministry of Agriculture
Following chemical control operations against locust infestation in Kenya in March 2021, Greenpeace Africa (GPAF) carried out an environmental sampling and analysis between March and April 2021 to identify the pesticides used in spraying the locusts.
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Three takeaways as Kenya marks 4 years since the ban on single-use plastic bags.
It is exactly four years since Kenya banned the use of single-use plastic carrier bags. It is important that as we mark the 4th anniversary, and as the world enters…
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Wheel of Change in motion
As we celebrate 50 years of campaigning for a greener and more peaceful future, I am proud to be part of such an amazing and bold organisation.
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To stop greenwashing deforestation – banks too must be reined in
Mbil Thomas was a central stop in the hunting and gathering routes of Indigenous Baka People in Cameroon’s rainforest. Its trees provided fruit and honey and medicine for pregnant women…
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Greenpeace Africa and Senegal’s fishing communities condemn new industrial fishmeal and fish oil operations.
Greenpeace Africa revealed today that a new fishmeal and fish oil factory has opened in Sandiara, Senegal, the second such opening this year after a factory in Cayar began operations.
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How Widespread Deforestation In Africa Risks Our Climate Future
Africa’s forest cover is declining at an alarming rate due to deforestation. We talk about how deforestation in Africa is worsening the climate change crisis.
