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Day Four: Parties haggling over what should be included in the cover decision for COP 31, as African leaders continue to call for climate finance commitments
The fourth day at COP 31 saw the start of a cover decision addressing the pressing issues in the negotiations. First, that global temperatures are likely to overshoot the 1.5 threshold; second, that we need to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the climate crisis; third, that climate finance, adaptation, loss and damage, and…
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Greenpeace unveils giant Trojan Horse at COP31 to expose fossil fuel industry’s plastic expansion
Greenpeace International today launched a giant Trojan Horse in Konyaalti Municipality in central Antalya during the UN climate conference COP31, exposing how the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries are using plastic production to prolong dependence on oil and gas and protect their profits.
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Day Three: COP 31 Leaders Summit begins, Africa calls for grants, not debt. Others demand end fossil fuels and fund just transition, while electrification pledge gains momentum
On the third day of COP 31, the Turkish government announced that a total of 102 leaders representing 95 countries and seven international organisations are expected to attend the UN's COP31 Climate Change Conference in Türkiye, with participation from six continents.
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Day Two: COP 31 holds an open dialogue on a Roadmap to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, while electrification continues to gain momentum
Chaired by COP 30 president, André Do Lago, with a keynote speech by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, COP 26 President Alok Sharma of the UK, and Ana Toni – National Secretary for Climate Change / Chief Executive Officer of the COP30 Presidency, the dialogue was a contribution…
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Environment Ministry snubs 60,622 Kenyans, skips promised forest meeting
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry has skipped a meeting it promised forest defenders and ignored a 30-day deadline to answer 60,622 Kenyans, Greenpeace Africa said today.
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Day One: COP agenda adopted, but Climate Finance Work faces resistance.
The COP 31 Opening plenary - agreeing on the agenda. The COP 31 president pushed for consensus on the cover decision, a necessary hurdle before real negotiations could begin. We also witnessed the official opening of the African and Ethiopian pavilions, with the latter limbering up to host COP 32.
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Africa is not your server: the hidden cost of the data centre boom
As global technology companies race to build data centres across Africa, we must ask three questions: who benefits, who pays in water and electricity, and who gets to decide?
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David vs. Goliath: How Greenpeace Africa and the deCOALonize movement defeated the Lamu Coal Plant
When developers proposed a $2 billion, 1,050-megawatt coal-fired power plant on the pristine coast of Lamu, Kenya, the stakes could not have been higher. The project threatened not only a UNESCO World Heritage site and fragile marine ecosystems, but also Kenya’s commitment to a clean energy future.
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Greenpeace Africa urges looming 1.5°C overshoot must spark urgent action to end fossil fuels at COP31
Greenpeace Africa is calling on governments at the UN climate summit COP31 to respond to the looming overshoot of 1.5°C with urgent action to phase out fossil fuels and end forest destruction in a bid to limit the extent and duration of the overshoot.
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From rhetoric to reality: Why COP31 must deliver for Africa
In the next few days, the world will gather in Antalya, southwestern Turkey, for the 31st UN Climate Change Conference. This must not be another talk shop or jamboree. It must be a decisive turning point that shapes global climate action.