Africa MBPP Raises Alarm Over Carbon Market Talks At COP29
Baku, November 19, 2024 – The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) partners express deep concern regarding ongoing discussions surrounding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly as it relates to carbon markets, at the COP29 United Nations climate talks happening now in Baku, Azerbaijan. On November 16, 2024, world governments concluded their work on […]
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 […]
Again, activists demand reparation, compensation for Africa’s climate justice
Environmental activists and climate crusaders drawn from Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Togo, among others, have again demanded just and equitable reparation, compensation and implementation of the Loss and Damage Fund for Africa to attain climate justice. They stated this at the unveiling of the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Coalition website tagged: MBPP Storytelling […]
CAPPA, others launch ‘Make Big Polluters Pay,’ a storytelling platform on climate justice for Africans
The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay coalition has launched the MBPP Storytelling Platform for African communities at the frontlines of climate change and extractive industry devastation. The MBPP Storytelling Platform, launched on Monday, October 28, allows for exchange of stories and experiences from communities affected by the activities of big polluters in pursuing climate justice. […]
AYETORO, THE SINKING COMMUNITY
Ayetoro built its own homes, schools, healthcare infrastructure, tourist facilities, industries and an agro-marine economy. Now, about 90 per cent of the once thriving coastal settlement is gone, submerged by rising sea waves amid the exploratory activities of oil multinationals, write ROBERT EGBE, OGUNLADE OLAMIDE, ZIKORA IBEH and NEIMA HELLEN Ayetoro had 45 streets. Now […]
CAPPA, Corporate Accountability To Launch ‘Africa Make Big Polluters Pay Storytelling Platform’
On October 28, 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the United States-based Corporate Accountability (CA) will unveil the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBBP) Storytelling Platform, where African communities at the frontlines of climate change and extractive industry devastation can share their stories and experiences in the pursuit of climate justice. The MBBP […]
Ayetoro, the Sinking Community:
About Ayetoro: Ayetoro is one of the communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Once known for its epithet ‘‘The Happy City’, the last three decades of transgressive mud-coast has led to coastal erosion and sea incursion which have in turn changed the identity of Ayetoro. These alarming catastrophes linked to crude oil […]