Tag:Coastal Communities

Oil & Gas

Victory for SA coastal communities as court halts Shell, TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling project

In what looks like a landmark victory for civil society and coastal communities, the Western Cape High Court has set aside the South African...

Michael Simire - August 14, 2025

Climate Change

How Cuba’s coastal communities fight climate change

In the coastal neighbourhood of Litoral in Manzanillo, Cuba, the sea is both a lifeline and a threat. Every time a storm darkens the...

Michael Simire - June 4, 2025

Climate Change

Climate change: Experts call for action against existential threat of coastal communities

Environmental experts, under the aegis of the Academic Associates Peace Works (AAPW), have warned that several coastal communities in the Niger Delta region may...

Michael Simire - April 29, 2025

Marine

SA coastal communities, eco-justice groups’ offshore drilling appeal highlights threats to livelihoods, marine ecosystems

With COP29 just a few weeks away, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise Development Trust are drawing attention to the widespread opposition of the environmental...

Michael Simire - October 30, 2024

Human Settlement

Environmentalist advocates law to halt land reclamation in coastal communities

Government at all levels should rather focus on promulgating a law that will put an end to the reclamation of land across coastline communities...

Michael Simire - February 29, 2024

Cover

Climate challenges faced by coastal communities in Nigeria, by Nnimmo Bassey

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, at Coastal Community Fishers Dialogue/Training at Uta Ewua, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, August 5, 2021,...

Michael Simire - August 5, 2021

Disaster Risk Management