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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 7h

Can nuclear energy really be called “green or clean” when the risks fall on communities who are also the least consulted?

Africa’s transition cannot be built on exclusion.

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The empty promises of nuclear energy in South Africa — Power Shift Africa

The Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in South Africa is one such example. Although not MDB-financed, Koeberg offers an important lesson: nuclear energy should not be treated by MDBs as a viable pathway f...

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 8h

Let’s be clear: we cannot be planting trees in Africa to cancel out oil and gas emissions in Europe. Every tonne of fossil carbon is permanent.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 12h

Power Shift Africa Executive Director, Mohamed Adow, reminds us that fossil fuel companies are profiting from pollution rather than fighting it.

Their “green” investments are a drop in the ocean compared to their dirty portfolios.

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Recourse @re-course.org · 1d

The World Bank should be backing sustainable renewable energy systems that directly serve people — not false solutions.

Read the recommendations in the latest briefing by the Banking on Renewables campaign 👉 bit.ly/BoRfalse

#WBGMeetings #BankOnRenewables #Renewables @powershiftafrica.bsky.social

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 1d

When Climate Change Becomes a Mental Health Crisis

A new study by the Aga Khan University shows that extreme weather events are linked to rising mental health struggles among women in rural Kenya.

More here: bit.ly/43b7B55

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 1d

When Climate Change Becomes a Mental Health Crisis

A new study by the Aga Khan University shows that extreme weather events are linked to rising mental health struggles among women in rural Kenya.

More here: bit.ly/43b7B55

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

Who’s Controlling Our Food?

Fossil fuel companies have embedded themselves in:
⚙️ Fertilizer production
🚜 Farm machinery
🚛 Transport + packaging
🛒 Retail and waste systems

They’ve turned food into a commodity. Africa must reclaim control of its food, seeds, and systems.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Green doesn't always mean clean

Many of these initiatives:
⚠️Threaten local water supplies
⚠️Are pushed without community consultation
⚠️ Prioritise energy exports over local needs

We must reject extractivist “green” projects that risk our people and ecosystems.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Africa’s agricultural systems today are still influenced by colonial legacies and corporate dominance.

Today, this model continues through:
👉🏽 Export crops over local food needs
👉🏽 Industrial agriculture & synthetic inputs
👉🏽 Corporate control over seeds
👉🏽 Loss of indigenous seed varieties

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Green doesn't always mean clean

Many of these initiatives:
⚠️Threaten local water supplies
⚠️Are pushed without community consultation
⚠️ Prioritise energy exports over local needs

We must reject extractivist “green” projects that risk our people and ecosystems.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Africa’s agricultural systems today are still influenced by colonial legacies and corporate dominance.

Today, this model continues through:
👉🏽 Export crops over local food needs
👉🏽 Industrial agriculture & synthetic inputs
👉🏽 Corporate control over seeds
👉🏽 Loss of indigenous seed varieties

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

Who’s Controlling Our Food?

Fossil fuel companies have embedded themselves in:
⚙️ Fertilizer production
🚜 Farm machinery
🚛 Transport + packaging
🛒 Retail and waste systems

They’ve turned food into a commodity. Africa must reclaim control of its food, seeds, and systems.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

New Research: Big Oil’s False Transition

For all their talk of clean energy, the world’s biggest oil and gas companies own just 1.42% of global renewable power capacity.

Big Oil remains deeply committed to fossil fuel expansion.

Source: www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

Bankrolling Africa's Future

At the Bankrolling Africa's Future webinar earlier this week, Rajneesh Bhuee from Recourse unpacked what it really means when banks like Afrexim continue to finance fossil fuels.

If you missed the discussion, you can catch up on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=Gys9...

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Fossil Ad Ban South Africa @fossiladbansa.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know?

In 2021, a devastating wildfire struck Table Mountain in Cape Town. The next year, KwaZulu-Natal faced the worst recorded floods in recent history, tragically killing over 450 people.

Our school’s workshop will connect the dots between fossil fuels and the climate crisis.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

Governments and corporations see conservation areas as carbon sinks, lucrative for global carbon markets.
But these projects often displace communities.
In Ngorongoro reports allege the community was denied access to healthcare, education and even voting right.

Read more: bit.ly/4o5GYXq

Tanzania must respect the rights of Maasai Indigenous People living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The Oakland Institute calls on the Tanzanian government to recognise Maasai human rights and land rights.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

We can not have climate justice without land justice

In Tanzania’s Ngorongoro area, Indigenous land is being sacrificed for profit.
The Maasai in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Area have lived as custodians of nature. But today, their very right to exist on their ancestral land is under attack.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 6d

The Mangoase community has established a seed bank to preserve food crops and neglected plant species.
Seed banks are emerging as essential in conserving indigenous African seeds at risk of disappearance.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine this: a factory in Europe emits thousands of tonnes of CO₂. Instead of cutting emissions, it buys credits from a forest in Uganda.

On paper, they’re “net zero.” In reality, emissions still rise, and the Ugandan community gets minimal benefits, or worse, loses access to its own land.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 7d

Young people in coal-dependent communities in South Africa are facing job losses as the world transitions to renewable energy.

South Africa’s green future depends on the inclusion of its youth.

More here ➡️➡️ bit.ly/4gXcfcQ

Young people need to be at centre of SA’s Just Energy Transition

As the G20 summit approaches, the question is not whether South Africa will host a successful event. The real test is whether we are going to see genuine inclusion of young people within the Just Ener...

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 7d

Tomorrow, 8 Oct 2025, Power Shift Africa and Africa Finance Watch will launch the AFREXIM Campaign Factsheet, showing how the bank’s finance flows are shaping Africa’s energy transition.

🕒 16:00–17:00 EAT | 09:00–10:00 EST

Register here: bit.ly/4nQGHY8

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Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 21d

the world is grappling with many crises which may tempt many to declare diplomatic and climate cooperation dead.

Yet renewables tell a different story ☀️: stubborn progress and hope breaking through the cracks of upheaval.

Numbers crunched here 👉
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Global Climate Targets Show Renewables Rising

Against all odds, renewables surge in new climate targets, proving global cooperation still works

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 22d

Leaders at #UNGA2025 & #ClimateWeekNYC must call on rich govts to prioritize a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. It’s time to #DrawtheLine against inequalities, fossil fuel lock-in and wars.

@canclimateaction.bsky.social @gcdcj.bsky.social @350.org @powershiftafrica.bsky.social

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 22d

Is North Africa’s food future under threat?

Algeria, Egypt & Morocco are facing extreme weather events, putting agriculture, water and livelihoods at risk.

In response, governments are partnering with foreign agribusinesses to develop large-scale farms in the desert.

More: bit.ly/42r8VAP

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 29d

Colonial exploitation didn’t just steal resources; it built systems that locked many African communities into ecological and economic fragility, vulnerabilities that climate change now makes worse.

Today, climate hazards mirror these colonial legacies.

Read more: bit.ly/48jtliH

Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and Senegal

There is growing recognition that the breakdown of the global climate, and vulnerability to its effects, are deeply rooted in histories of colonialism.

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