Posts by Angelo Louw
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5 Reasons to Save the Okavango Delta from Oil ColonialismYouth climate activists in the Namibian capital, together with Indigenous, environmental and human rights groups, are taking action to prevent a fossil fuel industry-driven catastrophe in the Okavango Delta
25 May 2022 -
#PlasticsTreaty: Why a global plastics treaty is essential to AfricaPolicy-makers at UNEA-5.2 don’t have to look very far from where they are right now to understand why an ambitious global plastics treaty is necessary.
18 February 2022 -
#PlasticsTreaty: Stop exploiting African and other global majority countries with ‘waste colonialism’Richer countries are scrambling to find nations in the global majority to ship their waste off to. Angelo Louw unpacks waste colonialism and the need for a strong global plastic…
2 February 2022 -
Shell in South Africa: fossil fuels at full blastJust weeks after COP26, the South African government has given Shell the go-ahead to explore for MORE oil and gas, threatening local livelihoods, marine life and the fight against climate…
10 December 2021 -
#RealZero video series shows how offsetting is the biggest book keeping trick of the centuryA video series to highlight the dire consequences of falling for the world’s biggest polluters’ promises to “offset” their climate emissions hopes to inspire people to force decision-makers to take…
17 November 2021 -
10 African youth climate activists changing the face of the planetAfrica causes the least climate-wrecking emissions but bears the brunt of climate disaster. Meet 10 African youth climate activists demanding decision-makers protect people from the climate crisis.
21 October 2021