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Kumi Naidoo, a leading voice for climate justice advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and fair finance, has been calling for governments to act on the ‘moral failure’ of continued fossil fuel expansion (Photo supplied)

South African climate activist makes a desperate plea for urgent action, kneeling in a protest

Kumi Naidoo, a leading voice for climate justice advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and fair finance, has been calling for governments to act on the ‘moral…

Kumi Naidoo, a leading voice for climate justice advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty and fair finance, has been calling for governments to act on the ‘moral failure’ of continued fossil fuel expansion (Photo supplied)

Kumi Naidoo appointed president of global initiative to phase out fossil fuels

Naidoo’s leadership in the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative is seen as a critical step in the fight for a fair, sustainable future

The US and Russia voted against a resolution to advance ‘a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine’.

No Vlad, too bad, so sad: Putin pulls out of Brics summit

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen will still have the chance to arrest Putin – virtually

Intimate memoir of an activist

Book chronicles how the tragedy of losing his mother when he was a teenager propelled Kumi Naidoo into a life of fighting against apartheid

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

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

Greenpeace director not shocked by leaked intelligence on him

"What hurts is that my government might have been engaging in surveillance on me and may have shared that, upon request, with South Korea," he said.

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.

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…

Civil organisations should come clean

With increasing influence, status and resources on the part of civil society groups also comes the burden of increased public accountability. Civil society organisations,…