By Patricia Nanteza December 5, 2023 was Energy Day at COP28 in Dubai and I had a special gift for the World Bank. Thankfully, their pavilion was just a stone’s throw from the Ugandan one. With the gift in hand, a colleague from RePlanet France and I set off from
By Timothy Machi Africa is a continent on the horn of dilemma. While it generates the least amount of greenhouse gases - at just 3.8 per cent against 23 per cent in China - it is the most vulnerable continent to the effects of climate change. According to the International
Dear RePlaneteer, I hope this email finds you well. Today, we at WePlanet Africa, would like to bring to your attention the developments in Germany’s energy sector that have left the country facing an unprecedented energy crisis and exposed the world to a climate catastrophe. In April 2023, Germany shut
By Timothy Machi From November 30 to December 12, some 70,000 delegates will gather in Dubai for the UN’s annual Climate Change Conference. Almost every country on earth will be participating in negotiations over how to address the climate crisis, limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, which we surpassed
My childhood was painful in many ways. First, there was never knowing when the next meal would come and getting an education was a complete miracle. These two in a way fed my third pain – shyness and a personality crisis. Every waking hour came with an overwhelming wave of self-pity that whistled alongside the morning
By Olivia Kyomugisha The stage was set at the Pride Inn Azure hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, as the sun dipped below the horizon on the 4th of September 2023. It was a momentous occasion, the Nuclear Energy Essay Award Ceremony, organized and hosted by WePlanet Africa. This event had been
By Patricia Nanteza Dear Greenpeace, We write to you as concerned citizens from Africa, with a deep-rooted interest in the sustainable development of our continent. We appreciate the commendable work you have undertaken over the years to safeguard the environment and advocate for a greener and cleaner world. Nevertheless, today,
By Patricia Nanteza In 2020, on a chilly evening in Nairobi, I found myself in front of my laptop screen, adjusting it as I prepared for a Zoom meeting. Mark, a colleague from the UK had requested that I address a group of young European environmentalists, self-proclaimed Eco-modernists, who were
By Jerome Bright Ogenrwot It all started with the daring move to invade the unknown, traveling all alone on a trip that would be my first visit to a foreign country. The desire was birthed the second I got an invitation to attend the award ceremony, either in person or
Dear Friends of the Earth, WePlanet Africa draws attention to your recent statement regarding genetically modified (GM) food in Nigeria, as reported in the article titled “Why European Countries Reject Kontagora, Potiskum Beans” published by Daily Trust. The coordinator of the Food Sovereignty Program at Friends of the Earth Africa, Ms.
