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Kenya Still at Risk Despite UN Plastics Nod: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 22 February 2021 — In the lead up to the UN summit being held in Nairobi, UNEP has named Kenya as an emerging leader in the fight against…
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What needs to happen so the Mauritius oil spill never happens again?
Our personal histories are often attached to historical moments of shock. From wildfires to acts of terror, we all remember where we were and what we were doing when we…
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Greenpeace Applauds KPLC’s Plan to Switch to Solar and Wind
Kenya Power plans to cut the cost of electricity bills in the country by replacing its thermal power stations with solar and wind electricity generating machines
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Greenpeace Africa responds to Ramaphosa’s Davos address
26 January 2021, Johannesburg — Responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s comments at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda this morning, Greenpeace Africa’s Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Happy Khambule has…
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Year 2021: an opportunity to reshape the future?
2020 – ouff some may say! But can we really congratulate ourselves and say we’ve done it? 2020 came with a lot of unexpected challenges for us as individuals and…
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20 Things to take from 2020
In many obvious ways, the past year is a period that would best be forgotten. A once-in-a-century pandemic that brought with it a high death toll and sickness, loneliness and depression, economic pain and house evictions.
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Greenpeace Africa statement on the Engen Wentworth Oil Refinery Explosion
The explosion at the Engen Oil Refinery in Wentworth, Durban is the third environmental disaster to occur in KwaZulu-Natal within the past three months, the former being Transnet’s crude oil spill into the Umbilo river and the motor vehicle accident caused by a fuel tanker, which claimed 12 lives.
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Greenpeace Africa statement on WWF independent review of human rights violations
Human rights violations and abuses are unacceptable under any circumstances. The Independent Panel report makes it clear that “WWF has not fulfilled its human rights commitments.”
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‘We treat human beings like waste by ignoring or brutalising them’
Informal communities that rely on the collection and sale of recyclable waste for survival are under threat from all sides. Marius Sullivan explores the fragile existence of the ‘Bagerezi’ in Tshwane
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It is not enough to suspend injustice: Banen communities deserve permanent justice
As countries around the world began to reckon with the deadly consequences of the Coronavirus and citizens in Cameroon were scrambling to protect themselves, the Ministry of Forest and Wildlife…
