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Historic Shell judgment on appeal; arguments to be heard in Gqeberha High Court
22 November 2022, South Africa: On Monday 28 November in the Gqeberha High Court, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Impact Africa and Shell (the appellants) will argue why…
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Big oil is driving gender-based violence and femicide
South Africa’s South Durban Industrial Basin over the years has seen numerous events of ecological damage that continue to feed into gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in the surrounding communities.
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Joint statement from Greenpeace Africa and Natural Justice
Responding to the decision by the President of the High Court of Thiès to dismiss the request to temporarily close the Touba Protéine Marine (formally ‘Barna’) fishmeal factory in Cayar on the basis that it is polluting the town’s air, soil and water source, a spokesperson for Greenpeace Africa said
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We will win again: African activists promise resistance at home to oil-and-gas touting leaders
Sharm el-Sheikh, 16 November 2022 - Climate activists from across sub-Saharan Africa gathered this morning in response to the dash for fossil fuels by African leaders at COP27.
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Case on Punitive Seed Laws Mentioned in Court
Nairobi, 16 November 2022 – A public interest litigation filed by 15 farmers representing many other smallholder farmers across the country calling for an amendment of punitive seed laws has been mentioned before the Machakos law courts today.
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DRC Environment Minister implicated in carbon credit land grab
Kinshasa, 7 November 2022 – As COP27 opens in Sharm El-Sheikh, where the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is once again presenting itself as a “country-solution” to the climate crisis,…
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Greenpeace Africa responds to Just Energy Transition Investment Plan
04 November, Johannesburg – Tonight, on the eve of the commencement of the twenty-seventh United Nations Climate Change Conference, President Ramaphosa released the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) Investment Plan…
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A safe and fair future for all can be delivered at COP27
The burning question at the upcoming 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27) is whether richer, historically more polluting governments are going to pay up for the loss and damage caused by climate change.