Durban environmental organisation marches for climate change
SDCEA is an environmental justice organisation based in South Durban. It is made up of 19 affiliate organisations and has been active since its formation in 1995.
THE South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) hosted a march recently from Suncoast Casino Promenade to Wedge Beach for the African Peoples Counter COP 2022 where more than 450 Durban residents showed their support for the cause.
SDCEA is an environmental justice organisation based in South Durban. It is made up of 19 affiliate organisations and has been active since its formation in 1995. The organisation is a vocal group active in lobbying, reporting and researching industrial incidents and accidents in Durban. The motto of SDCEA is: The Right to Know, The Duty to Inquire, The Obligation to Act.
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The march advocated for The Africa Climate Justice Collective (ACJC) – an African Climate Justice Group – that has launched a declaration named the African People’s Counter COP 27 to counter COP 27 in Egypt. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP27, is the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference and is being held from November 6 until November 18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The declaration was developed by convenors who make up ACJC – a platform made up of 27 movement-based and allied organisations and partners – over a period of five weeks. According to the Africa Climate Justice Collective, the APCC is a moment to build a unified understanding and shared political action towards real solutions to the climate, and ecological and social crises facing Africa and the world.
“It is also a moment to develop and propose viable alternative solutions and reforms to the captured and corrupted COP process,” said the organisation.
Purpose and awareness
“The march focused on the many challenges that the climate faces, which include oil and gas exploration, all forms of pollution and the need for fossil fuels.
The purpose of the march was to raise awareness on the associated risks of oil and gas exploration in our ocean, the impact
on our marine life and the livelihood of all those fisher folk who rely on the ocean for their survival,” said the SDCEA Environmental Project Officer for oil, gas and energy, Janeira Reddy.
“We urge all community members to continue logging pollution complaints through the pollution line: Daytime at 031 311 3555/5150; nighttime at 031 361 0000. Please ask for a reference number as it is crucial to do so. If you need assitance from the organisation you can call at 031 4611 991 or you can contact Desmond D’sa at desmond@sdceango.co.za,” concluded Reddy.
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