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.
20-27 September 2019, we saw a record 7.6 million people take to the streets and strike for climate action. The biggest climate mobilisation in history.
From Jakarta to New York, Karachi to Amman, Berlin to Kampala, Istanbul to Québec, Guadalajara to Asunción, in big cities and small villages, millions of people joined hands and raised their voices in defence of the climate. The Global Climate Strike shows that we have the people power we need to create a just world and end the era of fossil fuels. Find out more here
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.
Mother Earth Network in collaboration with The office of Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Franciscans Africa celebrated the anniversary by striking for climate in the afternoon of Friday, November 29th November, from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm.
As the UN and global leaders discuss climate change issues at COP25 – that is the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Madrid, Spain, Africans are rising in ever-growing numbers to resist the fossil fuels industry and champion adapted and affordable climate solutions.
As the leaders will be meeting to discuss the future of our planet at COP25, youths in the different countries, communities, cities, towns, villages will also have a global chain of climate actions on 6th December. Youths will leave the negotiation rooms, boardrooms, for action to make visible the emergency and the urgency of climate action.
This September in line with the Federal Ministry of Environment drive to increase youth participation in environmental policies and management,…
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