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Greenpeace Africa applauds Treasury for upholding Carbon Tax
"Greenpeace Africa commends the National Treasury for upholding the carbon tax and not giving into the pressure from polluting businesses."
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Historic Shell judgment on appeal; arguments to be heard in Gqeberha High Court
22 November 2022, South Africa: On Monday 28 November in the Gqeberha High Court, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Impact Africa and Shell (the appellants) will argue why…
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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."