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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Continuing the Scramble for Africa & We Need to Talk About It
The way oil giants like Shell and Total are gunning for African oil, is reminiscent of colonialism.
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We will win again: African activists promise resistance at home to oil-and-gas touting leaders
Sharm el-Sheikh, 16 November 2022 - Climate activists from across sub-Saharan Africa gathered this morning in response to the dash for fossil fuels by African leaders at COP27.
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COP27: A letter to African leaders
At this moment, in collaboration with other leaders of the world, you are meeting in Egypt in order to decide on our future and make commitments to tackle the climate crisis, we expect you to consider our demands.
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Congo oil: The worst deal in the world to insure
Irene Wabiwa Betoko is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin forest, Greenpeace Africa; Kuba Gogolewski is the Lead Campaigner, European Money for Change, Greenpeace
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DRC Environment Minister implicated in carbon credit land grab
Kinshasa, 7 November 2022 – As COP27 opens in Sharm El-Sheikh, where the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again presenting itself as a “country-solution” to the climate crisis,…
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Greenpeace Africa responds to Just Energy Transition Investment Plan
04 November, Johannesburg – Tonight, on the eve of the commencement of the twenty-seventh United Nations Climate Change Conference, President Ramaphosa released the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Investment Plan…
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A safe and fair future for all can be delivered at COP27
The burning question at the upcoming 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27) is whether richer, historically more polluting governments are going to pay up for the loss and damage caused by climate change.
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Top polluters’ party spoiled by projection on nearby stadium: “Fossil fuels kill”
Tonight’s gala dinner for fossil fuel industry chiefs and petroleum ministers participating in the Africa Energy Week in Cape Town was interrupted by bright projections on the overlooking Cape Town Stadium: “Fossil fuels kill” and “The future is renewable."
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With new coal uninsurable, insurers start to move on oil and gas
Insurance company restrictions on oil and gas are finally starting to catch up with those on coal, according to new data from the Insure Our Future campaign, co-published with Greenpeace.
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GREENPEACE AFRICA COMMENTS ON ESKOM’S PROPOSED RETAIL TARIFF RESTRUCTURE PLANS
Greenpeace Africa would like to thank the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (“Nersa”) for inviting the public to share their input on Eskom’s proposed retail tariff restructuring plan. Eskom’s proposed tariff increase has the potential to gravely impact society, standards of living, our environment and our economy.