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South African activists demand systemic change for social and climate justice
Cape Town: March to Parliament brings together broad coalition of grassroots civil society groups to demand socio-environmental justice
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UNEA 6: How plastic pollution is accelerating the triple planetary crisis
Our health, livelihood and planet are at stake due to the worsening climate crisis. In February last year, a severe tropical cyclone Freddy made its first landfall in Southern Africa leaving more than 1000 people dead and a trail of destruction in its wake after ripping through Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar.
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AFCON2024: It is time to give TotalEnergies the red card
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that kicked off in the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé in Côte d'Ivoire on Saturday 13th January is lighting up the globe. People from the continent, and around the world, are buzzing with excitement over Africa’s biggest soccer tournament. Unfortunately, TotalEnergies tagged along as the competition's main sponsor.
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Clean game, dirty money: TotalEnergies’ sportswashing in Africa called out
How the oil giant is using AFCON to greenwash its image while exploiting players, fans, and the environment.
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Greenpeace Africa: COP 28 Agreement Good, But Action Better for Climate Crisis
"Today's agreement represents a hopeful stride in our collective journey limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. However, its true value will be measured by the tangible actions it prompts, particularly in the communities that have long borne the brunt of climate change."
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Air Pollution in South Africa: The Silent Killer That Demands Urgent Action
Air pollution is linked to a number of human health and environmental impacts and must be addressed. We talk about the real solution to air pollution and whether a carbon tax cuts it.
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Homeowners lose cover for climate risks while insurance industry keeps backing increased oil and gas production
Kinshasa – Fifty years after the insurance industry first warned about the impact of climate change, it is continuing to fuel the climate emergency. This is the key warning by the Insure Our Future campaign in its seventh annual scorecard on insurers’ climate policies which was published today.
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Greenpeace Africa responds to reinstatement of logging ban
Nairobi, 12 October 2023 – Today, the environmental court has barred the government from lifting the ban on logging, but allowed the felling of 5000 hectares of mature forest. In…
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Cameroon: Landslides kills more than 30 people in Yaoundé, Greenpeace calls on the government to act and for polluters to pay
Greenpeace Africa sends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims following landslides in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, and calls on the Cameroonian government to improve land-use planning for the safety of its citizens.
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Hands Off Our Forests
Hands off our forests! Is the famous call by Tracy Makheti who has been bold enough to challenge President William Ruto on his decision to lift the 2018 logging ban in our forests.