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Artists, activists call for Global Plastics Treaty to end the age of plastic

As a product of fossil fuels and toxic additives, plastic production – and its incineration – releases harmful toxins into the environment which contribute to rising temperatures globally, thus exacerbating the negative impacts of the climate crisis

Thirteen celebrated activists, athletes and actors from around the world have appeared in a video calling to end the age of plastic. The 90-second video from Greenpeace International (www.Greenpeace.org) aims to set the tone as the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC3) resume at the United Nations Environment Programme headquarters in…

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Africa Climate Summit: Africa can Leapfrog Towards a Clean and Sustainable Energy Future

Africa can lead the world in a just transition to 100% renewable, secure and affordable energy, which empowers communities and workers

Ahead of the Africa Climate Summit (https://AfricaClimateSummit.org/) , Greenpeace Africa (https://www.Greenpeace.org/Africa) has called on African governments to act now to minimise the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on the livelihoods of Africans. In a letter sent (https://apo-opa.info/45NUBBt) to the secretariat of the summit, the organisation is warning against turning…

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African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) 2023: Africa’s Ministers of Environment Must Push for a Strong Africa Position on the Global Plastic Treaty

The session of AMCEN is taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 14 to 18 September under the theme: Seizing opportunities and enhancing collaboration to address environmental challenges in Africa

At the 19th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (https://apo-opa.info/44ic2sx), Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org) has called on Africa’s 54 Ministers of Environment to urge Member States not to compromise in the negotiations for a treaty that would cap plastic production at the source and keep oil and gas used…

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World Environment Day: Africa Can Lead the World in Beating Plastic Pollution

Africa has come a long way on the journey to creating a single-use plastic-free continent with many victorious milestones to celebrate across the continent

Greenpeace Africa (https://www.Greenpeace.org/Africa) joins the world in celebrating the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, hosted by Côte d’Ivoire. This day has been set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness on environmental issues and call for action for the protection of our environment. The theme of this year's…

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After exposing the suspicious presence of the factory trawler Vasiliy Filippov in Senegal’s waters, Greenpeace Africa calls on West African states to strengthen surveillance of illegal fishing

Greenpeace Africa has restated its longstanding demand that governments cooperate to stop all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org) is calling on West African governments to strengthen surveillance of the region's oceans and protect fisheries against all forms of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.  After the suspicious presence of a factory trawler in Senegalese waters was exposed (https://apo-opa.info/3ZeEV7l), the vessel, which is registered in Russia and…

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Dr Oulie Keita appointed as Greenpeace Africa Executive Director

Dr. Keita joins Greenpeace Africa with experience spanning 20 years in the international development space, working on policy, advocacy, lobbying at various levels

Mali-born development expert Dr. Oulie Keita has been appointed as Greenpeace Africa’s (https://www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/) Substantive Executive Director after an intensive and competitive recruitment process to usher the organisation into a new wave of environmental justice. Dr. Keita joins the organisation in the context of multiple environmental injustices on the continent, namely deforestation…

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We Will Win Again: African Activists Promise Resistance at Home to Oil-And-Gas Touting Leaders

African leaders have used COP27 – “the African COP” – to undermine the goals of the Paris Agreement by pushing for more fossil fuel deals at the expense of people and the continent

Climate activists from across sub-Saharan Africa gathered this morning in response to the dash for fossil fuels by African leaders at COP27.  African leaders have used COP27 – “the African COP” – to undermine the goals of the Paris Agreement by pushing for more fossil fuel deals at the expense…

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With new coal uninsurable, insurers start to move on oil and gas

62% of reinsurers now have coal exit policies and 38% have oil and gas exclusions as shift away from fossil fuels accelerates

Insurance company restrictions on oil and gas are finally starting to catch up with those on coal, according to new data (https://bit.ly/3eG18JD) from the Insure Our Future (https://global.Insure-Our-Future.com) campaign, co-published with Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/). Ahead of COP27, the campaign coalition argues that insurers must now fully exit new coal, oil and…

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Biggest Plastic Polluter named Sponsor for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27)

Coca-Cola produces 120 billion throwaway plastic bottles a year - and 99% of plastics are made from fossil fuels, worsening both the plastic and climate crisis

The government of Egypt announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Coca-Cola, introducing the company as a sponsor for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) (https://bit.ly/3C2xhCG) to be held in Sharm El-Sheikh from 6 to 18 November. In response, Greenpeace USA Oceans Campaign Director, John Hocevar,…

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Greenpeace urges Africa’s environment ministers to keep plastic out of Africa

The activists held a banner bearing the words ‘global plastic treaty now’ demanding that Africa’s leadership support a legally binding instrument to end the plastic pollution crisis

Today, Greenpeace Africa (www.Greenpeace.org/Africa/) activists staged a protest at the beach of Ouakam and outside King Fahd Palace Hotel, during the official opening of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) in Senegal to tell Africa’s environment ministers to keep plastic pollution out of Africa. The activists held a…