by homef | Dec 14, 2018 | Fossil Politics
Officials from nearly 200 countries are in Katowice, Poland, to negotiate how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement. But so are representatives from many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies, including a lobby group that represents BP, Shell and ExxonMobil....
by homef | Dec 13, 2018 | Fossil Politics
Today what do we say? Kick the polluters out of the COP Yesterday the world celebrated 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights In the Niger Delta we have endured 60 years of gross oil pollution, gas flares and human rights abuses Today the...
by homef | Dec 6, 2018 | Fossil Politics
Most scenarios limiting warming to 1.5°C involve deployment of risky and unproven technologies. Fossil fuel companies are potential profiteers and proponents of geoengineering. Support for those technologies, e.g in the land sector, could in the future also be sought...
by homef | Aug 11, 2018 | Fossil Politics
Oilwatch Africa network members, Lamu community representatives, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations (CBOs) met in Lamu Kenya, on 7th and 8th August, 2018 at a conference on the theme: Beyond Fossil Fuels. The conference considered the...
by homef | Jun 9, 2018 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Press Release
The themes for this year’s World Environment Day and World Ocean Day are centered on beating plastic pollution and thus serve as a wakeup call for all of us to take prompt actions to protect our environment and by extension our lives. Health of Mother Earth Foundation...
by homef | May 10, 2018 | Fossil Politics
The innovative Talanoa Dialogue (TD) took place on Sunday 6 May 2018 in Bonn, sandwiched between the first and second weeks of the climate negotiations. After the dialogue everyone was somewhat upbeat about how useful the experience was. Indeed, a delegate from the...
