COP 30: African Group Rejects $125bn Tropical Forest Forever Facility
At the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belem, Brazil, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has strongly rejected the newly launched Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), describing it as a dangerous and misleading attempt to financialise nature under the guise of protecting it. The TFFF, spearheaded by Brazil, is […]
COP 30: Advocacy Groups Warn Nigeria Against Selling Off Nature
Environmental rights organisations advancing climate justice have condemned Vice President Kashim Shettima‘s recent call for new finance mechanisms to “harness the economic value of nature”, describing it as an attempt to commodify the environment. Speaking in Belém, Brazil, ahead of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), the Vice President had urged the […]
COP 30: Nature Not for Sale, CAPPA, HOMEF, Others Fault Shettima’s Remarks
Environmental rights organisations advancing climate justice have condemned Vice President Kashim Shettima‘s recent call for new finance mechanisms to “harness the economic value of nature”, describing it as an attempt to commodify the environment. Speaking in Belém, Brazil, ahead of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), the Vice President had urged the […]
Experts train African Journalists to expose climate Injustice, demand action
Some 50 journalists across Africa have completed a training programme aimed at exposing a string of injustice associated with Climate Change. The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition organised the two-day training session for journalists from across Africa, focusing on challenges of climate change reporting. The hybrid training held on April 22-23, brought together […]
NGO trains African journalists on climate change reporting
The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has held a training session for journalists across Africa to help sustain the coverage of the climate crisis from an afro-centric perspective. The two-day virtual training, ‘Communicating climate change: Realities, impacts, and the need for action’, was hosted by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa […]
Climate activists renew call for reparation for Africa
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 […]
Coalition urges coverage of climate crisis from Afrocentric perspective
As the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition wraps up a two-day training for journalists across the continent on climate change reporting, the media have been called upon to sustain 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, […]
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 most brunt […]
Coalition trains African journalists on climate reporting
The training aimed to equip African journalists with the tools to report effectively on climate justice, combat misinformation, and amplify underrepresented African perspectives in global climate discourse. The Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has concluded a two-day virtual training for journalists across Africa, calling for sustained, Afrocentric coverage of climate issues and renewing demands […]
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 […]