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Greenpeace Africa reacts to the Biden Leaders Summit on Climate22 April 2021With the US President Joe Biden’s ‘Leaders Summit’ underway and five African Presidents at the table, Greenpeace Africa is highlighting what leaders in Africa and around the world need to…
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Department of Environment Responds to Public Demands on Plastic20 April 2021Johannesburg, 20 April 2021 – The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has assured South Africans that safeguarding our health through environmental protection remains their top mandate. The commitment was…
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Deutsche Bank must end its Sustainability Farce in Central Africa15 April 2021For the second time in 12 months, Deutsche Bank is about to violate its own Environmental and Social Policy Framework. By mid-2021, the bank is expected to transfer the second…
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Not Under Our Watch: Greenpeace Africa Responds to East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Deal14 April 2021Uganda, Tanzania and oil firms Total and CNOOC have signed agreements to kickstart the construction of a Sh371.7 billion ($3.5 billion) 1,440 Kilometers long crude oil pipeline
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Thousands of South Africans call for stricter plastic regulations from the DEFF Director General13 April 2021The anti-single-use plastic coalition is calling for the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) Director-General Anben Pillay to adopt stricter measures to cut down production of single-use plastic on…
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Greenpeace Africa comments on meeting of African Development Bank and African Heads of State9 April 2021Yesterday, the African Development Bank consulted with African Heads of State seeking advice on how to accelerate climate adaptation. In response, Greenpeace Africa has said:
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Greenpeace Africa welcomes new law on the rights of Congolese indigenous peoples9 April 2021April 08, Kinshasa – Greenpeace Africa welcomes the decision by the DRC’s National Assembly to adopt a law that recognizes and protects the specific rights of Indigenous People.
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An Economy in Decline: Exploring the role of Renewable Energy to reverse youth unemployment8 April 2021To effectively achieve equitable turn-around of the economy, the government needs to prioritise absorption of the youth in the workforce by scaling up infrastructure projects that create employment in urban…
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A good day for people and for the ocean:” Greenpeace lauds Gambia’s government for stopping the expansion of major fishmeal and fish oil plant6 April 2021Greenpeace Africa welcomes the Gambian government's decision, which comes only days after Greenpeace Africa and Gambian environmental activists have condemned the expansion of the Golden Lead factory. Such plants are…
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Greenpeace Africa Reacts to Alarming UN Plastic Report Findings31 March 2021The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a scaithing report about plastic and environmental inequality, which shows how countries within the Global South are being force-fed plastic pollution by wealthy…