Furthering Fossil Fuels in Africa is a Threat to Both People and Climate

by Earthlife | 24 April, 2024 | Press Releases, Publications

Title image: Residents of the Vhembe district in Limpopo protesting against the proposed MMSEZ that will threaten people, nature and the climate.   By Dr Neil Overy Despite the ever-deepening climate emergency, many of Africa’s political elite are giddily...

Carbon Offsets are Basically a Licence to Pollute

by Earthlife | 24 April, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Cover image: Thabo Sibeko at a anti-coal protest during the Standard Bank AGM in Sandton last year. The whole concept of carbon offsetting is simply another frontier of capital accumulation and profit-seeking based on yet more exploitation and the externalising of...

EARTHLIFE AFRICA CELEBRATES VICTORY AS UNDP COMPLIANCE UNIT RECOMMENDS WITHDRAWAL FROM MMSEZ MOU

by Earthlife | 29 February, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Earthlife Africa and communities who may be negatively affected by the MMSEZ say that human and environmental rights, including the wellbeing of affected communities,  must be prioritised. Today, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg and several of the vibrant communities in...

BRICS – Fossil Fuels and Human Rights

by Earthlife | 12 February, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

NEIL OVERY AND ULRICH STEENKAMP As the leaders of the five original members of BRICS, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, congratulate themselves on the successful expansion of the group, all of us should be deeply concerned about the potentially negative...

Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone – The Promise of Progress and Peril 

by Earthlife | 30 June, 2023 | Events, News, Press Releases, Publications

In an effort to create widespread awareness about the plight of communities living in and around the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve in Limpopo, Earthlife Africa Johannesburg wrapped-up World Environment Month by hosting a special public screening of the short-film MMSEZ...