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500 metres through the heat: Who pays for the heatwave crisis?
The community heat mapping exercise was not just about measuring temperature. It was about understanding how people experience heat in their everyday lives and questioning why some neighbourhoods continue to remain more vulnerable to extreme heat than others.
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Southern African floods: a disastrous case of climate inequality
Thousands watched their homes, belongings and any sense of security washed away. I watched the weather forecast closely as disaster unfurled in the provinces around mine; wondering when it would hit us.
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Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation
"This case is about justice for frontline communities bearing the costs of a climate crisis they are least responsible for. We ask the Court to affirm that governments must protect people and to draw a hard line against corporate impunity."
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Facing floods in one of the world’s fastest-sinking cities is how I found out that the climate crisis is tougher on women
And as a woman who experienced countless floods in Jakarta, I can testify: the climate crisis is not just. It’s not gender-neutral.
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Deadly Kenyan floods show urgent need to build climate resilience
At least 42 people have lost their lives, fathers, mothers, children, swept away in a single night of rain. The latest deadly floods in Kenya highlight an urgent need for climate adaptation
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South Africa: Making sense of a water crisis after historic floods
Unpacking how taps are running dry in Johannesburg when just a month ago, South Africa experienced one of the worst floods in its recorded history.
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South African community health worker delivers baby during historic flood disaster
Birthing babies can become way more complicated in extreme weather, as can managing everyday healthcare and medical emergencies. But such pressures will only increase as fossil-fuelled disasters intensify.
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Floods, weather extremes and community resilience in Limpopo, South Africa
In Limpopo, South Africa, devastating floods expose the destructive power of nature, yet community resilience shines through as neighbours unite to rebuild and adapt amid climate extremes.
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The Netherlands violates human rights by failing to protect Bonaire residents from climate crisis: court
In a historic ruling, the Hague District Court found in favour of the residents of Bonaire and Greenpeace Netherlands, observing that the Netherlands is doing too little to protect Bonaire residents from the impacts of the climate crisis.
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UN Tax Treaty talks key to unlocking trillions for climate finance and nature protection
Hundreds of Greenpeace Africa volunteers spell out demands for tax justice on the eve of UN Tax Treaty talks in Nairobi: Tax the Super-rich for People and Planet.