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Greenpeace Africa on floods and thousands displaced in Senegal: “Community aid is not enough. Bold climate action needed to prevent more floods”
Dakar, 7 September 2020 – Senegal found itself submerged under water, after extraordinary floods yesterday, with more rainfall in one day than the total amount that usually falls during the…
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Covid-19 Fuelling the Resurgence of Single-use Plastics
Africa is a world leader in banning plastic bags with thirty-four out of fifty-two countries having bans, or passed the legislation to ban single-use plastics. Much as the current COVID-19…
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Greenpeace warns against the sinking of MV WAKASHIO into the Indian Ocean
Johannesburg, 19 August, 2020. Greenpeace Africa and Greenpeace Japan react to Mauritius’ plans of sinking the front part of the MV Wakashio vessel. Wakashio is a huge vessel, from the…
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Lamu Coal Plant: A Bad Energy Source for Kenya
The dangers of investing in the Lamu Coal Plant and the various strides taken by environmentalists to halt its implementation
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Volunteer Blog: Showcasing the Baka Culture and Beliefs
I’m called Sineh Edel-queen, a Greenpeace Africa volunteer in Cameroon (Environmental Ambassadors of Cameroon). I had the opportunity to take part in the Baka community festival in Assok-Mintom March 2019…
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Greenpeace Africa: “Cameroon’s government just decided to massacre Ebo forest”
Yaoundé, 23 July 2020 – Greenpeace Africa and local communities denounce a decision by the Government of Cameroon to open up 68,385 hectares of pristine rainforest to logging. The fate…
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Health & the Reuse Revolution: How governments and corporations can think beyond plastic to a green and just future
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen local and global governments, mobilise resources and public funds to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been encouraging to see the pace at which…
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SUPPORT RESTAURANTS THAT CHOOSE TO REUSE
Many of our favourite restaurants are overrun with single-use plastics. The drinks come with plastic straws, the food comes with plastic cutlery, and our leftovers are placed in styrofoam boxes…
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Reusables are just as safe: The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating single-use plastic pollution
More than 125 health experts, including virologists, epidemiologists, emergency room doctors, and specialists in public health and food packaging safety, have signed a statement on the safety of reusables during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Greenpeace Africa concerned over PPE pollution
Durban, 03 June 2020 – The need for masks, latex gloves, and other single-use PPEs to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has increased but they are not being properly disposed of.
