Greenpeace Africa
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We are part of a growing movement of Africans building a better world.
🧵Two G20 Finance Ministers meetings later, and still no real outcome. Global pressure is mounting on the South African G20 presidency and Ramaphosa. (1/3)
Big Oil just sued Greenpeace for standing with frontline communities. Now fossil fuel lobbyists in Africa are clapping like it’s a win for “development.” Spoiler: it’s not. 👉 Read the blog: act.gp/4kQlHPo
For years, smallholder farmers in Kenya have been criminalised for doing what their ancestors did - saving, exchanging, and sharing indigenous seeds. But they fought back. On 27 November, they could win back their right to feed us all.
Greenpeace Africa’s Amos Wemanya on Newzroom Afrika calling out the global tax scam: billionaires hoarding wealth while the rest of us carry the burden. It’s time for the rich to pay their fair share.
🌊 Instead of protecting our oceans, world leaders at the ISA talks are racing to approve deep sea mining by 2025. We can still stop this - before the first drill hits the seabed. Sign the petition 👉 act.gp/4lELA5L #StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans #TimeToResist
🐋POV: You’re a whale just tryna vibe… but humans wanna mine your home for profit. 🌍 Governments are meeting to decide our fate. 37 countries already said NO. 📢 Tell yours to stop deep sea mining before it starts. ✍️ act.gp/46vUZrL
Nelson Mandela showed how one person can transform oppression, struggle & subjugation into reconciliation, social justice & unity. Change starts not in capitals, but in communities. On #MandelaDay, let's remember that the power to end poverty & inequality is in all our hands.
Today is #MandelaDay. 18 years ago, Nelson Mandela gave his powerful mandate to The Elders. Much has changed since Madiba first brought The Elders together - but his vision and message of hope remain as urgent and inspiring as ever.
"As long as poverty, injustice, and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest." - Nelson Mandela Today, on #MandelaDay, we honour Madiba’s call for a fair world. Do your part this Mandela Day - call out the super-rich 👉 act.gp/4lQWRQo
🚨 BANNER DROP! As G20 Finance Ministers meet, we showed up with a message they can’t ignore: Tax the super-rich. End financial apartheid. ✊ Join the call for a fairer financial system ✍️ Sign the petition 👉 act.gp/4lQWRQo #G20SA #G20SouthAfrica #BannerDrop
This week, ministers from all 54 African countries are making decisions on plastics, biodiversity, fossil fuels, and toxic waste - decisions that will affect all of us. 📢 We’re watching. We’re demanding action. 📲 Watch the video. Tag your local environment minister. #AMCEN20
🌍 Climate justice starts with accountability. The Polluters Pay Pact is about making the biggest polluters pay their fair share for climate disasters they helped cause - from floods to heatwaves to rising food prices. 🖋️ Sign the call 👉 act.gp/3ZzkK6w
Billionaires are using courts to bully activists into silence - while our rivers dry, our skies choke, and our voices fade. Not today. Not in Africa. ✊ Sign to fight back 👉 act.gp/4lsSwDk #TimeToResist #TaxTheSuperRich
