Officials of Greenpeace Africa and participants in a pose after the launch
FOLLOWING successful launches in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Cameroon, Greenpeace Africa has launched the Climate Justice Movement (CJM) in Accra.
CJM is a network of over 30 organisations across West Africa dedicated to addressing climate-related issues in Ghana and across the sub-region.
Through its flagship CJM, Greenpeace Africa aims to create a platform, uniting civil society organisations, movements, community leaders, and experts to tackle critical environmental crises facing the region, including overfishing, deforestation, unsustainable food systems, and the adverse impacts of climate change.
Senior Ocean Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, Dr. Aliou Ba, noted that Africa, as the rest of the world, is increasingly being affected by the impacts of climate change.
“Heat waves, flooding, illegal fishing, biodiversity loss, are some of the crises the continent has to deal with”, he said.
Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, Dr. Fabrice Lamfu, also indicated that Ghana, according to studies, is “plagued” by a host of environmental problems, including toxic pollution caused by poor waste management, illegal mining, deforestation, soil, water and air pollution and more.
Community Mobilization Coordinator at Greenpeace Africa Marie Grâce Ngo Mbog, intimated that, “We really want to build a strong movement of environmental activists in Africa, who can come together as one and demand climate justice from African leaders.
It is high time Africans came together to have a louder voice at major international events like the COPs. Africa should stop borrowing solutions to climate change and find African solutions to the climate crisis.”
Former Upper East Deputy Regional Minister Frank Fuseini Adongo, who launched the Movement, expressed delight at the entry of Greenpeace to Ghana seeking to utilize the CSOs and other actors’ platform to promote climate change awareness and streamlining.
BY Nii Adjei Mensahfio