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 […]
DCJ Sets 2025 Agenda for Climate Justice
The 2025 Annual Strategy Meeting of the Demand for Climate Justice (DCJ) Global Coordinating Committee took place in Penang, Malaysia, from March 25–26, bringing together DCJ Coordinating Committee (CC) members from around the world to evaluate the network’s progress, sharpen its direction, and shape the collective agenda for the year ahead. The DCJ network is […]
As Nigeria Marks Int’l Day for Reducing CO2 Emissions
By Ogunlade Olamide and Esi-ife Arogundade As we step into a world increasingly defined by climate change extremes, the recent conclusion of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) that 2024 marks the warmest year yet is a formidable wake-up call for Nigeria and the rest of the world. Many were already bracing for this announcement, understanding […]
Africa MBPP Calls For Equitable Climate Actions At COP29
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition has expressed alarm regarding the ongoing negotiations surrounding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at the COP29 climate talks at the COP29 United Nations climate talks ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan. In a statement, the Africa MBPP said: “On November 16, 2024, world governments concluded […]
COP29 Fallout: HOMEF, CAPPA, Others Insist On $8trn Climate Reparation
December 06, (THEWILL) – African Civil society organisations (CSOs), including Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), have doubled down on their demand for up to $8 trillion annually as climate change reparations from industrialised nations to the Global South. Addressing the media in Abuja on December 4, […]
Experts Link Sugary Drinks Industry To Climate Change
Health and climate experts have identified the sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) industry as a major driver of the climate crisis, urging Nigeria to implement measures to curb their consumption in the interest of public health and the environment. Speaking on Friday at a webinar titled, “SSB and Climate Change: Climate Cost of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,” organised by […]
COP29: What Went Down in Baku?
Another round of climate negotiations has concluded, but what truly did the conversations accomplish? Billed as the “Finance COP,” the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29), held from November 11 – 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan, bore the weight of expectations for delivering a transformative global climate finance framework capable of […]
$5trn Debt: Pay Up, Climate Activists Tell Rich Countries At COP29 Peoples Plenary
Civil society members from across the world, including from the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP), have held a People’s Plenary themed “Pay Up, Stand Up: Finance Climate Action, Not Genocide” at the COP29 United Nations climate talks which ends Friday, 22 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Speaking with one voice, they shared their pain […]
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 […]
