Gerd Leipold, Executive Director Greenpeace International states Africa is a major part of the solution to tackling climate change through harnessing its renewable energy potential and protecting its tropical forests it can lead the way in...

Greenpeace board director Lalita Ramdas at the launch of the Greenpeace office in Kinshasa.

Amadou Kanoute stresses that Africa is in a position to leapfrog dirty development and become a leader in helping to avert catastrophic climate change and protect the natural environment.