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Unmasked: The health and economic cost of delaying coal phase-out in South Africa
South Africa's government is choosing to keep coal plants running for a decade longer, and the hidden price is 32,000 additional deaths, 37,000 preterm births, and USD 38 billion in health damages that will fall hardest on children and communities who never lit a single coal furnace.
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REPORT | Food or Poison? The Silent Environmental Cost of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Africa
This report highlights the growing reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across the continent, particularly in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. While these chemicals are often marketed as essential for boosting crop yields, the report argues they are actually "poisoning the foundations of our food systems" by destroying soil health and killing critical pollinators like…
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Landmark e-waste policy brief exposes toxic dumping in Kenya and Ghana
This report exposes the escalating e-waste crisis devastating communities in Kenya and Ghana, and the toxic electronic waste, often disguised as donations or recycling, is putting lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems at risk.
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REPORT | Exploring the Critical Minerals Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights for Development Policy and Practice
This research report outlines how responsible mineral governance, formalisation of artisanal mining, and regional value-addition through AfCFTA can help ensure that local people, especially women and youth share in the economic gains of the transition. By aligning national policies with the African Union’s Green Minerals Strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa can drive inclusive development and avoid a new green resource curse.
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The Cameroon we want for the next 7 years – electoral demands in Cameroon by the Movement for Climate Justice in Cameroon.
Cameroon, one of the six countries of the Congo Basin, is also confronted with these challenges. In response, Greenpeace Africa launched the Climate Justice Movement (CJM) in Cameroon — a coalition that brings together civil society, local and Indigenous communities, and young people around a shared vision of environmental justice and sustainable governance of natural…
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REPORT: Unmasking the toll of fine particle pollution in South Africa
Our latest report, produced in partnership with the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), goes beyond the headlines to reveal the hidden health crisis and economic burden caused by toxic air — and who is responsible.
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Should climate funding be a deal breaker for climate action in Africa?
As the world looks yet again with hope and anticipation to the current round of talks in the global climate conference in Egypt (COP27), it is clear that one of the most critical ways to address the climate quagmire is to make polluters pay.
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Camouflaged destruction: Plundering of Campo Forests under the pretext of a so-called “Development” Project
On 16 February 2022, the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife signed a series of orders granting localized timber sales in the Campo Subdivision, Ocean Division, South Region.
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GMOs: A neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty in Kenya
Kenya has lifted its 10 year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally through mating and/or natural recombination.
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GMOs: A neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty in Kenya
Kenya has lifted its 10 year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally through mating and/or natural recombination.