People of Onupi and Nigeria do not need coal
Community members of Kogi and Gombe states alongside others in Nigeria intend to continue raising their voices to ensure their right to a clean and healthy environment filled with sustainable prosperity.
Climate Defenders gathering: Towards a consolidated strategy
350.org launched the Climate Defenders report on Human Rights Abuses by Fossil Fuel Companies. The report highlighted some specific cases from Africa where companies such as Shell in Nigeria) and Amu Power in Lamu (Kenya) are involved. The report shows successful strategies that activists are taking to fight these cases.
Kenya and Nigeria joined divestEd!
Divestment from fossil fuels has been gaining quite the momentum globally in the last few years. This week two youth groups in Kenya and Nigeria took action, joining the Fossil Fuel Divestment Day.
Are we making celebrities out of the climate crisis? Time to think REAL Action
The climate movement has in the last couple of years taken a new turn world over. Now more than ever…
The M&G is hiring a climate fellow
Exciting news! The Mail & Guardian and the Eugene Saldanha Memorial Fund, a project of CAF Southern Africa, are looking for a fellow to…
Integrating renewable energy agenda into Accra’s districts development plans
In 2020, 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon’s work (GROC) is focused on creating awareness on renewable energy and will be…
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi as patron of ecology by striking for climate
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 climate talks start in Madrid, a people-centered vision for a fossil-free Africa is gaining ground
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.
Why youth voices matter in tackling the climate crisis
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.
Nigeria’s Minister of Environment meets young environmentalists
This September in line with the Federal Ministry of Environment drive to increase youth participation in environmental policies and management,…