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2nd Africa Climate Summit: Continent must lead global climate justice through polluter accountability and forest protection
As the 2nd Africa Climate Summit opens, Greenpeace Africa demands urgent action to implement a Global Polluter Pays Pact, and direct forest finance to Indigenous communities, positioning Africa as a moral leader in climate justice.
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Recognising and celebrating the true stewards of the environment
These messages are profound in and of themselves, but together, they represent the growing transnational movement of Indigenous solidarity and leadership that can inspire and guide us all.
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Lokolama: At the heart of indigenous forestry solutions in the Congo Basin
Earlier this month I set off for the village of Lokolama with the Greenpeace Africa team, in to immerse ourselves in the living heritage of Indigenous Peoples.
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INC 5.2: “The inability to reach an agreement in Geneva must be a wakeup call for the world”, Greenpeace statement
After two years of Global Plastics Treaty talks, ministers in Geneva faced a historic choice during the final hours of what was supposed to be the last round of negotiations: deliver a treaty that truly tackles plastic pollution, or give into the petrochemical industry’s lobbying.
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Fix the process, keep your promise, end plastic pollution.
August 8, 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - Four days into the final Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, we are not on track to deliver a treaty that will protect people and nature.
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We, the Indigenous People of the forest, refuse to be ignored any longer
Every year on August 9, the world briefly turns its gaze toward Indigenous Ppeoples. Our cultures are celebrated, our songs and painted faces put on display. And then, silence returns. Behind the cliche, our communities remain marginalized, dispossessed, and forgotten. This must end.
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Out of the frying an, into the fire: Greenpeace Africa and indigenous farmers reject the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2025
Amid growing outcry from indigenous and small-scale farmers, and civil society allies, Greenpeace Africa urgently calls on the Kenyan Senate to reject the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a proposal that trades one flawed system for an even more dangerous one, escalating corporate control over Kenya’s seeds and sidelining the voices of those…
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Refill, Reuse, Resist: Senegal moves to end the era of single-use plastics
In a decisive step towards environmental justice, Senegalese Civil Society actors convened for a two-day workshop in Dakar to build a united front against single-use plastics, with a particular focus on the country’s growing crisis of plastic water sachets.
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Greenpeace: Ramaphosa, G20 must end financial apartheid with tax on super-rich
Greenpeace Africa has demanded G20 host and South African President Ramaphosa push ahead on accelerating efforts to impose a wealth tax on the world’s billionaires and to support the UN Tax Convention for new and fair global tax rules.
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Upholding AMCEN Decision 19/2 on Plastic Pollution
Safeguarding Africa’s global reputation and environmental leadership
