Gender, Energy and Climate Change Statement
CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
HOSTED BY EARTHLIFE AFRICA JOHANNESBURG
5 AUGUST 2010
Energy and climate change have often been viewed as an environmental and economic issue – not one with a human face, much less a woman’s face. The longer we take to respond to climate change the sooner we run the risk of [...]
PRESS RELEASE: CONFERENCE, WOMEN IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
PRESS RELEASE: CONFERENCE, WOMEN IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
5th AUGUST 2010
Earthlife Africa Jhb
As we commemorate Women’s day on 9th August, we are reminded of the power that the 20,000 women demonstrated in 1956. It is a power that we must not forget nor leave behind. While many things have changed in South Africa, the role of [...]
Press Release: $3.75 Billion World Bank Loan to Eskom to Face Full Enquiry
Press Release: $3.75 Billion World Bank Loan to Eskom to Face Full Enquiry
groundWork, Earthlife Africa Jhb
4th of August 2010
The World Bank Inspection Panel it to undertake a full investigation of the $3.75 billion loan by the World Bank to Eskom, the South African energy utility. This was the finding of the preliminary investigation undertaken in [...]
Closing Statement of the Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change
Closing Statement of the Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change
Communities and civil society groups gathered on 26 April 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss just solutions to the impacts of climate change. The day-long session was held in parallel to the meeting of the governments’ of BASIC countries – Brazil, South Africa, India [...]
Press Release: BASIC Countries vs. Climate Change
PRESS RELEASE
23 APRIL 2010
BASIC COUNTRIES MUST PUT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE BEFORE NATIONAL INTERESTS!
The BASIC group of countries are once again meeting to map a way forward after the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change meeting in December 2009. The meeting will be held in South Africa from 23 – 24 April 2010. While some believe [...]
Press Release: Commemorating Chernobyl Day
MEDIA RELEASE BY SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNED WITH ENERGY.
Friday 23rd April 2010
Commemorating Chernobyl Day – Minister Gordhan
In commemorating Chernobyl Day (26 April), the anniversary of the single largest nuclear disaster in history that will has, and will lead to, many people dying, Earthlife Africa Cape Town and a host of other organisations (list below) [...]
Press Release: Jhb Protest Action for BASIC Meeting
Earthlife Africa Jhb
22nd April 2010
The BASIC group of countries are meeting in South Africa to map a way forward after the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change meeting in December 2009. The meeting will be held from 23 – 24 April 2010. While some believe that the BASIC countries should be applauded for taking a [...]
US Civil Society Statement on Loan to Eskom
April 8, 2010
Contact:
Virginia Cramer, Sierra Club, 804-225-9113 x 102
Bobby Peek, groundWork, +27-82-464 1383
World Bank Vote Gives Billions to Coal
United States Fails to Follow Own Global Warming Guidelines
The World Bank today approved a $3.75 billion loan to South African power utility Eskom to help build a 4,800 MW coal-fired power plant in Lephalale in the Waterberg. [...]
Press Release: World Bank’s Climate and Governance Disaster
Press Release: World Bank’s Climate and Governance Disaster
groundWork, Friends of the Earth, South Africa & Earthlife Africa Johannesburg
8th of April 2010
Both Earthlife Africa Jhb and groundWork, Friends of the Earth, South Africa are disappointed with the World Bank’s decision to go ahead with its loan to Eskom. By making this decision, the World Bank has [...]
PRESS RELEASE: South Africans say “no” to Eskom coal
Project-affected communities take their case to the World Bank Inspection Panel
6 April 2010 | Washington, DC
Community members from South Africa’s Limpopo Province filed a complaint with the World Bank Inspection Panel today due to the proposed $3.75 billion loan to Eskom.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Africa Action
Tuesday, April 06, 2010 (Washington, DC) – Residents located near Lephalale in [...]
