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 […]
CAPPA, 68 NGOs Urge International Maritime Organisation to Exclude Biofuels From Global Fuel Standard
…Warn That Shipping Industry’s Biofuels Plan Threatens Rainforests, Communities and Climate Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and 68 other international nongovernmental organisations have warned the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) against promoting biofuels as Global Fuel Standard (GFS) and an alternative to petrol in international shipping, saying it threatens rainforests and communities […]
Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition Condemns US’ Withdrawal from Paris Agreement
February 4, 2025 – The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition condemns the unilateral decision of the Trump administration to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement highlighting its serious implications for global climatic justice. The MBPP coalition believes this decision has undermined international cooperation and weakened the commitments aimed at reducing greenhouse […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CAPPA Holds Third National Conference on Climate Change
The Third National Conference on Climate Change, themed “Channeling Action towards Just, Sustainable Climate Financing,” convened on November 4, 2024, bringing together over 100 stakeholders, including policymakers, academics, climate activists, and community leaders. In his opening remarks, Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), underscored the persistent inequities in global […]
