Pages:
- 1
- 2
January 25
Liberia: The Unaccountability of Liberia's Polluting Miners
The government's reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Read more »
January 16
Africa: Introducing Parselelo and a New Climate Focus
African Arguments is excited to announce two big changes. Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Why 30×30 Would Be the Worst Possible Outcome of COP15
The plan to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on a deeply unscientific and racist logic. Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Agroecology Is the African-Led Solution We Need From COP27
Industrialised agriculture is big driver of emissions. Agroecology is sustainable, resilient, high yield, and gives farmers sovereignty. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: COP27 - It's Africa's Time to Lead
Four lessons for African leaders as they head into the climate talks. Read more »
October 11, 2022
Africa: What African Governments Must Fight for At COP27
African delegations must demand loss and damage reparations, that fossil fuels stay in the ground, and that false solution are abandoned. Read more »
September 01, 2022
Uganda: 'The Rich Are Untouchable' - Country Struggles to Protect Its Wetlands
As communities and small businesses are cleared from environmentally precious zones, big companies expand unabated. Read more »
August 26, 2022
Mauritius: A Class Action Lawsuit Bubbles Two Years After the Oil Spill
1,800 people have filed a motion demanding to be heard in a court case regarding the MV Wakaisho's liability for the devastating spill. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Oil Auction - Foiling Climate Colonialism or Filling the Coffers?
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world's second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil. Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: Fortress Conservation Is Heading for a Crisis That Can't Come Soon Enough
Governments "protect" wildlife from the very people who have conserved it for centuries, while allocating mining concessions in the same areas. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Ghana: A Year After the Violent Demolition of the Agbogbloshie Scrapyard
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
June 22, 2022
East Africa: The Bold Campaign to Defund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Activists have convinced 20 big banks not to finance the controversial oil project leaving its fate in the balance. Read more »
June 09, 2022
East Africa: Why Lake Victoria's 'Saviour Fish' Is Now the One That Needs Saving
Despite local measures to combat pollution and overfishing, stocks of the once bountiful Nile perch have fallen by at least three-quarters. Read more »
May 12, 2022
Cameroon: The #AfricaClimateCrisis Tinderbox in Northern Cameroon
Amid growing resource scarcities, dozens have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by fighting triggered by a cow drowning. Read more »
May 11, 2022
East Africa: Lake Victoria Locals Blame Companies for Mysterious Mass Fish Die-Offs
Governments blame a range of factors for tonnes of dead fish washing up. Local fisherman and environment officers blame polluting industries. Read more »
March 29, 2022
Africa: Caring About Conservation Is Not Enough. We Need to Make It Pay #AfricaClimateCrisis
Local groups know how to protect nature and support local communities, but they need help with realistic funding and commercial expertise. Read more »
March 24, 2022
Africa: Code Red for Continent's Blue Economy #AfricaClimateCrisis
Coastal and marine resources will be central to the food, energy, and jobs, so long as the right strategies are put in place. Read more »
February 17, 2022
Africa: Why What's Good for TotalEnergies Is Bad for the Rest of Us
The oil and gas major's record-breaking profits will do little to comfort the people of the Global South. Read more »
February 15, 2022
Africa: People With Disabilities Have Been Forgotten. Not Any More
This is the year to take real action on disability rights in Africa, starting by ratifying the ADP. Read more »
January 18, 2022
Madagascar: The Forgotten, Cascading Crisis in Madagascar #AfricaClimateCrisis
The world's first famine caused by climate change rather than conflict continues amid insufficient domestic and global attention. Read more »
January 12, 2022
Africa: 2022 Is Africa's Year to Lead the World On Climate Change
The COP27 climate summit on African soil will be the continent's chance to put the needs of vulnerable nations above the interests of rich countries. Read more »
November 09, 2021
Africa: We Need a People-Centred COP26. Instead, We Have an Elite Marketplace #AfricaClimateCrisis
COP26 is full of big boys in small rooms. It needs to be led by the people, not Northern elites with the financial interests in maintaining the status quo. Read more »
November 08, 2021
Africa: Please Don't Fall for COP26's Empty Rhetoric #AfricaClimateCrisis
COP26 is not the solution to climate change. It needs to be a catalyst for action. Read more »
November 12, 2021
Mozambique: The Farmers Navigating Conflict, Climate Change and Covid #AfricaClimateCrisis
Despite facing a triple threat with little government support, female farmers have proven surprisingly resilient. Read more »
November 03, 2021
Zimbabwe: 'We Cannot Co-Exist' - Locals Decry New Coal Project in Zimbabwe #AfricaClimateCrisis
As delegates discuss the future global impact of coal use at COP26, Dinde villagers fear immediate displacement and environment degradation. Read more »
Pages:
- 1
- 2