context On Friday 24th September 2021, as South Africa celebrated national Heritage Day, more than 300 people – predominantly young people – gathered in
Two new expert reports explore what life in South Africa will be like over the course of the next 50 years if we continue with
Youth Lead Protest at Parliament (Cape Town) calling for Climate Action and Environmental Justice. Ready and Willing to Pursue the Matter in Court. On Friday
A letter of demand from environmental and climate justice groups calls on Minister Mantashe and NERSA to abandon plans to develop 1 500 MW of new coal-fired electricity
A new report by community psychology expert, Dr Garret Barnwell, shows that climate change harms are already negatively impacting our mental well-being and these effects
This youth day in South Africa, we are launching the next installment of our campaign, #TheFutureisNow which we hope will live up to our aspirational
A few weeks ago, the government called for public engagement on South Africa’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (a plan highlighting climate actions, targets, policies and measures
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed members of the inaugural Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission (P4C) with effect from 17 December 2020. The commission includes a
On the 25th of September 2020 Fridays for Future called for a Global Day of Climate Action. In light of this African Climate Alliance held
Our 2020 #TheFutureIs campaign was a Youth Day campaign to acknowledge the pain, rage and devastation felt as a result of hundreds of years of
On June 16th we launched a campaign called #The Future Is Now! It revolved around youth declarations of hope, and confirmations of commitment, with the
From 17th of June – 2nd of July 2020 African Climate Alliance hosted a Virtual Youth Climate Justice Summit in collaboration with SAYCCC and 350Africa.org
