Africa Make Big Polluters Pay trains journalists on Climate Change Reporting
The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition has wrapped up a two-day training for journalists across the continent on climate change reporting, with a call for sustained coverage of the climate crisis from an Afrocentric perspective. The coalition also renewed its call for just climate reparations for Africa and the Global South, which bear the […]
Africa MBPP Raises Alarm Over Carbon Market Talks At COP29
Baku, November 19, 2024 – The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) partners express deep concern regarding ongoing discussions surrounding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly as it relates to carbon markets, at the COP29 United Nations climate talks happening now in Baku, Azerbaijan. On November 16, 2024, world governments concluded their work on […]
Africa MBPP Backs G77, China’s Call For Climate Finance Trillions, Tech Transfer
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 18 NOV 2024: At the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has thrown its weight behind a demand by developing countries led by G77 and China for improved and just climate finance reparation in the trillions from developed countries, and also urgent technology transfer and […]
Africa MBPP Kicks As 1773 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP29 Climate Talks
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 15 NOV 2024: The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition condemns the presence of no fewer than 1773 fossil fuel lobbyists at the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, warning that it is a barrier to climate justice for communities most affected by the climate crisis caused by the Global North and corporate […]
Africa MBPP Coalition Denounces COP29 Ramming Through of Carbon Credits Standards
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 12 NOV 2024 – The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition denounces Monday’s attempt by the Cop presidency to the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku Azerbaijan to adopt a consensus on standards for the creation of carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. The coalition notes that […]
Again, activists demand reparation, compensation for Africa’s climate justice
Environmental activists and climate crusaders drawn from Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Togo, among others, have again demanded just and equitable reparation, compensation and implementation of the Loss and Damage Fund for Africa to attain climate justice. They stated this at the unveiling of the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition website tagged: […]
MBPP Launches Africa Climate Justice Platform
The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay coalition has launched the MBPP Storytelling Platform for African communities at the frontlines of climate change and extractive industry devastation. The MBPP Storytelling Platform, launched on Monday, October 28, allows for exchange of stories and experiences from communities affected by the activities of big polluters in pursuing climate justice. […]
AYETORO, THE SINKING COMMUNITY
Ayetoro built its own homes, schools, healthcare infrastructure, tourist facilities, industries and an agro-marine economy. Now, about 90 per cent of the once thriving coastal settlement is gone, submerged by rising sea waves amid the exploratory activities of oil multinationals, write ROBERT EGBE, OGUNLADE OLAMIDE, ZIKORA IBEH and NEIMA HELLEN Ayetoro had 45 streets. Now only two remain. […]
Hold big environmental polluters accountable – African CSOs
African Civil society groups have tasked the government to hold big polluters accountable for the devastation their extractive activities have caused humanity and the environment. Speaking on the Global Launch of the Liability Roadmap to Make Big Polluters Pay in Lagos, Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Akinbode Oluwafemi, explained why […]
Des ONG africaines veulent faire payer les « gros pollueurs »
Elles se sont jointes à un réseau d’OSC à travers le monde pour inciter les gouvernants africains à prendre des mesures qui pousseraient les entreprises polluantes à réparer le préjudice causé. « Faire payer » aux industries polluantes les dommages qu’elles causent au climat et à l’environnement. C’est désormais le combat d’une centaine d’organismes de la société […]
