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African scientists urge African leaders to reject fossil fuels at COP28
Ahead of the COP28 climate summit, 50 African scientists and over 4000 youth across 30 African countries have called on African leaders to seize the opportunity to transition the continent to 100% renewable energy and reject the destructive path of fossil fuels.
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Women and Empty Gourds: Guardians of Food Security in Senegal
On the Bargny beach, under the scorching Senegalese sun, a group of fifteen women stand united, each holding an empty gourd - a calabash bowl. Their faces mirror both determination and concern as they raise their fists in the air.
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World Fisheries Day: communities come together to demand coastal reserves
It's easy to feel pessimistic about the state of our oceans. In the coastal waters of Senegal; in the seas of Chana District, Thailand; in the ocean around the Indonesian island of Sangihe; and around the world, trawlers steal fish and industrial fishers use aggregating gear to plunder fish populations. On Sangihe, gold mines scar…
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The Third Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Meeting: Africa’s stand against the plastic pollution crisis
As our world grapples with the out of control plastic pollution crisis, the upcoming third Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC3) meeting taking place at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to solve this crisis.
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Artists, activists call for Global Plastics Treaty to end the age of plastic
Nairobi, Kenya, November 13, 2023 – Thirteen celebrated activists, athletes and actors from around the world have appeared in a video calling to end the age of plastic. The 90-second…
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Greenpeace Africa Statement on the reinstatement of GMO Maize cultivation in Kenya, Friday 13th October
Kenya’s environment court dismissed a petition challenging the importation and cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) Maize in Kenya. Following this judgement, Greenpeace Africa’s Food Campaigner Elizabeth Atieno had this response.
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Yaoundé: Greenpeace Africa activists mobilise to demand the abandonment of fossil fuels
Greenpeace Africa activists from Cameroon gathered at Tsinga on Friday 15 September 2023 to call for a halt to fossil fuel production.
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Insuring the future by protecting the Congo rainforest
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where large parts of the Congo Basin rainforest - the world's second biggest intact rainforest - lie, is auctioning licences for oil and gas exploration, which it claims will help Congolese people by providing investment and income to boost the economy.
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Congo oil fields are quickly becoming uninsurable
Any company granted exploration and exploitation rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) oil auction could find itself without financial protection, according to a report published today by Greenpeace Africa, Insure our Future, Reclaim Finance and Urgewald.
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The Africa Climate Summit Could be Africa’s Big Break
A first of its kind in Africa, the climate summit will be co-hosted by the Kenyan government and the African Union Commission under the theme “Green Growth and Climate Finance for Africa and the World.”
