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Plastic isn’t just trash, it’s a justice issue
Kenya outlawed plastic bags in 2017; a step in the right direction. But look around the bottles and sachets and wrappers are still pouring out of our streets, drainages and rivers. It is not whether bans will work but why is it that we continue to fail trying to ban one type of plastic but…
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Soil carbon credits in Tanzania are a climate solution built on sand – and Kenya could be next
At first glance, these projects seem like a win-win: protect the land, store carbon in the soil, and generate income for local communities. But when you read the fine print and speak to those who are involved, a different picture emerges – one where climate action becomes a cover for land control and exploitation.
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Bold climate and forest action can make Belém an historic COP30
Greenpeace has urged delegates to ensure COP30 results in a historic plan to end forest destruction and to urgently close the 1.5°C ambition gap.
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The real climate leaders: Indigenous Peoples and local communities
For years, international biodiversity and climate talks have brought big promises but little real progress on the ground. Most of the solutions presented are often too complicated to actually help the communities who need it the most.
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Greenpeace: world leaders must set the stage for COP30 climate, forests action
Greenpeace has called on world leaders meeting at the Climate Summit in Belém to send a clear signal to delegates at COP30 that the time has come to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap.
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Kenya’s deadly landslides and rising waters reveal the true cost of climate injustice
Kenya is once again counting its losses in the wake of devastating climate-fuelled disasters. At least 32 people have died and dozens remain missing after a powerful landslide struck Elgeyo Marakwet County, following days of relentless rainfall that turned steep highland slopes into rivers of mud.
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Closure of the 2nd Congo Basin CSOs Conference: the Kinshasa Declaration establishes a regional front for climate justice and forest protection
Kinshasa, 4 November 2025 – The second edition of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Conference of the Congo Basin concluded on 31 October in Kinshasa on a note of unity and commitment, with the solemn adoption of the Kinshasa Declaration.
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We are telling the African story at COP30 — one of justice, courage and hope
Africa is not at COP30 to plead, but to lead. From forest defenders to youth innovators, the continent carries solutions the world can no longer afford to ignore.
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Greenpeace calls for a billionaire tax to fund climate and nature commitments ahead of vote on US$1 trillion pay plan for Elon Musk
A week before shareholders at the Tesla Annual General Meeting are expected to sign off a pay package that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, Greenpeace is urging governments to lay the ground for a global tax reform at the upcoming UN Tax Convention negotiations in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Joint statement on the lifting of the logging ban in the Mau Forest Complex
The Green Belt Movement and Greenpeace Africa firmly oppose the decision by the Government of Kenya to lift the logging ban in the Mau Forest Complex.