Make polluters pay, trends in Africa
Across African cities, people join campaign urging governments to fix companies and their executives for pollution YAOUNDE, Cameroon/ANKARA Many civil society groups in Africa have joined their global counterparts demanding that governments should put costs on polluting industries, responsible for damaging the environment as well as the health of people. Like several cities in the […]
JVE-Togo et ses partenaires lancent la ” Feuille de route pour la responsabilisation” afin de faire payer les grands pollueurs.
Outre les maladies et les calamités qui agitent la terre, le phénomène du changement climatique constitue de nos jours l’autre fléau qui préoccupent les populations dans les quatre coins du globe. Ses effets se caractérisent entre autres par l’avancée du désert, le manque de pluies au cours de l’année avec pour corollaire inquiétant la famine. […]
African CSOs tell govts to make big polluters pay
Climate justice coalition releases liability roadmapScores of civil society groups in Africa, yesterday, joined their counterpartsworldwide to demand that their governments hold big polluters accountable forthe devastation their extractive activities have caused humanity and theenvironment. The Global Make Big Polluters Pay campaign was first launched in September 2019at the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Summit […]
Une feuille de route pour responsabiliser les pollueurs au Togo
Selon Sena Alouka, Directeur Exécutif de Jeunes volontaires pour l’environnement (JVE) depuis trop longtemps, au Togo, les entreprises par leurs activités provoquent des dégâts sur l’environnement et la santé des populations . Pour l’heure, le défenseur de l’environnement jubile. Il s’est associé avec son ONG Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement à une coalition mondiale pour publier […]
Big polluters must pay for climate crisis, activists say
The Global Liability Roadmap, launched in several countries across the world, aims to make big polluters pay for the harms they cause the environment. Polluting industries should be held liable for the damage caused to the climate and environment, climate justice advocates said at the launch of a Liability Roadmap on Tuesday. The Global Liability […]
Why it’s time to Make Big Polluters Pay, by CAPPA
Speaking on the Global Launch of the Liability Roadmap to Make Big Polluters Pay on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 in Lagos, Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), explains why Big Polluters should put people’s well-being and the well-being of the Earth and its ecosystems above expansion, extraction, and profit […]
Groups in Africa call on govts to ‘Make Big Polluters Pay’
Hundreds of civil society groups in Africa joined their counterparts across the globe on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 to demand that their governments hold Big Polluters liable for the harms of their extractive activities on man and the environment. The Global Make Big Polluters Pay campaign was first launched in September 2019 at the UN Secretary […]
The Vision for Alternative Development call on government to Make Big Polluters Pay
As global climate justice coalition releases liability “roadmap” The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) joins Hundreds of civil society groups in Africa and across the globe today to demand that their governments hold Big Polluters liable for the harms of their extractive activities on man and the environment. The Global Make Big Polluters Pay campaign […]
Groups Call on Africa Governments To Make Big Polluters Pay
…. As global climate justice coalition releases liability “roadmap” Hundreds of civil society groups in Africa join their counterparts across the globe today to demand that their governments hold Big Polluters liable for the harms of their extractive activities on man and the environment.The Global Make Big Polluters Pay campaign was first launched in September […]
Africa It’s Time to Make Big Polluters Pay
Mass mobilisations and marches happening across the globe makes these times very interesting. From the United States, to Europe, Asia and Africa people are saying enough is enough and demanding an end to global systemic injustice. Ironically, these marches are happening at that time of the year when ideally, hundreds of government delegates and climate […]
