Check out Earthlife Africa’s latest newsletter!

by Earthlife | 30 October, 2024 | News, Press Releases, Publications

Covering critical environmental justice news (from January to October), this edition is packed with updates on our advocacy efforts, community stories, and key environmental issues facing Africa today. Don’t miss out –  click here to view  or download the full...

NEWS | Empowering Women to Lead the Just Transition: Earthlife Africa’s Annual Women Seminars

by Earthlife | 28 October, 2024 | Events, News, Publications

August 2024: For Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, its widely anticipated annual Women Seminars are at the heart of Women’s Month. These events have become an inspiring and transformative staple each year, with nearly 400 women attending in four locations in Limpopo,...

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...