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Kumi Naidoo

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Kumi Naidoo

Kumi Naidoo is Sanitation and Water for All Global Leader, and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy.

US President Donald Trump (R) Democratic Presidential candidate, former US Vice President Joe Biden and moderator, NBC News anchor, Kristen Welker (C) participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photo by JIM BOURG / POOL / AFP)

US elections: Neither candidate is taking climate change seriously

The climate policies of both parties are constrained because they are far too wedded to the neoliberal economic systems

‘For humanity must not judge itself on the progress of the most powerful but on the welfare of its most vulnerable,’ said Kumi Naidoo. (Getty Images)

In the name of Mandela, ‘we cannot accept injustice’

Amnesty International calls on leaders to deal with the human rights crises around the world

The test of world leaders will be whether the global compacts on refugees and migrants can achieve this.

Resource scarcity, climate change linked to conflict and displacement

Resource scarcity is dangerous in politically unstable states, where climate change has already been linked to violent conflict and communal upheaval

Business crucial in curbing water crisis

Water scarcity can trigger widespread upheaval and even economic collapse

Drilling deep mistakes in the Arctic

Greenpeace’s <i>Kumi Naidoo</i> writes from a prison in Greenland about the effect deep water drilling in the Arctic could have on climate change.

Speaking to power

Davos is not a revival meeting for the socially or ecologically aware, but many are starting to realise it’s directly linked to their bottom line.

Time for South Africa to stand up for its ideals

As a significant resolution hits the table at the UN Human Rights Council this month, SA’s vote will make all the difference, argue activists.

Poverty: Words are not enough

Panicked emails bounced from Blackberry to Blackberry in the world’s wealthiest countries this week.

A fighting chance

When 23,4million people around the world stood up and spoke out against poverty and inequality on October 17 as part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty campaign, they…

Silence is not an ethical option

When the cloud of apartheid still hovered over our heads, an atmosphere of fear pervaded the country, pushing its way into the thoughts of every activist — the fear that the car…