Building A Fossil Free Africa
We are standing up to stop the development of fossil fuels infrastructure within Africa through strengthened community resistance and international collaboration. How would you like to get involved?
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"We are not going to be left behind. We will continue touring across villages and cities enlightening communities about the impacts of coal."
— Khadija Shekuwe Save Lamu coordinator.
On May 24 and 25, we took actions in cities and towns across the continent for Africa Day to show the determination of the People of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation. We demanded that our local leaders commit to building a fossil free Africa that puts people and justice before profits.
Our fight against fossil fuels is a pathway to a united African continent that seeks solutions beyond the tried and tested that’s proven to be destructive. The time for clean energy is now.
#AfrikaVuka Action – Accra, Ghana
#AfrikaVuka action – Nairobi, Kenya
News Coverage, Ghan
#RiseForClimate in Africa
#ThumaMinaDBSA: Cape Town action. December 2018.
#RiseForClimate concert in Nairobi, Kenya
we’re mobilising across Africa to #BreakFree from fossil fuels and push for a renewable
We don’t need another coal power plant in South Africa, we know that burning more coal will only lead to catastrophic climate impacts.
The projected impacts of climate change, deforestation and land degradation could lead to the extinction of species and intensify the frequency and impacts of droughts and floods, with far-reaching consequences on communities, ecosystems, food security and infrastructure.
Our living Planet is Burning! Yes, burning from the effects of our own doing. Our climate is fast-changing, our rivers…
New footage shows the extent of damage from coal development in the Sundarbans mangrove forest – so will the World Heritage summit do all it can to save it from coal?
The Sundarbans has seen some of the world’s most violent hurricanes, thousands of years of changing riverbeds, rise and fall of civilizations. Lamu have survived centuries of people’s movements, political rivalries, sometimes even wars. Throughout that time our people built patient and respectful relationships with these delicate sites.
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