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Greenpeace tells Big Oil to stay clear of Congo’s carbon bomb
Kinshasa, 19 July 2022 – the world’s largest oil and gas companies are urged by Greenpeace to sit out a major oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of July. In letters sent to oil companies worldwide, Greenpeace warns of an ominous auction at the expense of biodiversity…
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My Perspective of the Kenyan Presidential Manifestos: Do they Address The Pertinent Issues of Food and Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change?
The cost of living has risen, so has the prices of essential commodities such as food. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as per the 30th of June 2022, a 2kg packet of maize flour retailed at an average price Kshs.186, up from an average price of Kshs 129 in June 2021. Maize…
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GPAF calls for climate action after KZN floods
24 May, Johannesburg – Greenpeace Africa conveys its deepest sympathies to the victims of the torrential rains in Kwa-Zulu Natal, which has been ravaged by heavy rains for the second time over the past two months.
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Just transition key to addressing youth unemployment: Greenpeace Africa
21 March, Johannesburg – On Human Rights Day, Greenpeace Africa calls on the South African government to fast track a just transition to renewable energy. Doing so will prioritise South…
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What Kenya should do to lower food prices
Over the past couple of weeks,Kenya’s social media has been awash with the hashtag #lowerfoodprices. With some social media users calling on President Uhuru Kenyatta to act on the skyrocketing food prices. Several political leaders have been named and blamed for the current food price hikes.
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Greenpeace Africa strongly condemns acts of racism in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Racism is part of the worst heritage we can leave to generations to come.The world cannot afford to add on its full plate of climate crisis, disruptive economic system, biodiversity crisis, RACISM.
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Book excerpt: Education for girls is essential for climate justice
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate is fast becoming a formidable voice in the climate movement. She has shared with us an excerpt from her new book, A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis, in which she discusses the impact African women and girls can have on solving…
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Coca Cola Greenwashing Campaign a Threat to Kenya’s Plastic-Free Ambitions
Nairobi, 30 June 2021: In response to Coca Cola marketing a PET (polyethylene terephthalate), plastic bottle for its Sprite soft drink brand as an solution to the country’s plastic crisis,…
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#AfricaDay | The scramble to dump plastic is ‘waste colonialism’
The continued exploitative relationship between countries in the global majority and their former colonisers erode the foundation of their liberty. There are many “forms and manifestations” in which colonialism still lingers right here on the African continent.
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5 Reasons to Save the Okavango Delta
Youth climate activists in the Namibian capital, along with several other environmental and human rights groups, reacted with international calls from all fronts to prevent the impending environmental catastrophe in the Okavango Delta