[31 December 2022]...

Climate Justice,Post COP27 Experience sharing and CSO Collaboration building hosted by Somali Greenpeace Association in collaboration with Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and Ma'ib Development Organization was held for the CSO in Baidoa city of Somalia. The youth activists in Baidoa rarely get enough support in raising their voices,building their capacity or even sharing their struggles but this meeting was different. We encountered many eager activists that shared their stories and how they were fighting to educating their communities of what climate injustices are. SOGPA's drive to bring them together and offering them a capacity building workshop just fuelled them up and geared them to do more in the coming 2023.

[25December 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association concluded two days capacity building workshop on climate justice for CSOs, COP27 experience sharing and consultation on  what civil society organizatiions could do together in 2023 to achieve sustainable healthy environment  in Somalia. Environmental organizations and environmentalists have been on the rise in the last 3 years and bringing them together to join hands and combat climate injustices is a priority for the Somali Greenpeace Association. 

[19 December 2022]...

"Climate Crisis are causing more people to migrate and we need  immediate action to prevent further climate mobility" Said Executive Director Hassan Mowlid Yasin  during the international migrants  day at an event that was organized  by IOM - UN Migration  Horn of Africa Community Development Action - HACDA  in Mogadishu Somalia. 

[18 November 2022]...

On Solutions day I had the honour of attending an event hosted at the Italian Pavillion by Professor Franco Cotana and a team of his from CIRIAF and University of Perugia on Albedo as a strategy for rapid global warming mitigation and control. The Centro Interuniversitario of Ricerca sull'Inquinamento e Ambientale of Italy has long been working on the research of environmental related topics and technologies with the most prominent universities in Italy. Albedo refers to the percentage of solar radiation reflected by a surface or an object measured on a scale from zero to one, with one being the most reflective.9 Surfaces with high albedos, such as snow-covered land, reflect high percentages of shortwave solar radiation preventing conversion to longwave infrared radiation that heats both the surface and the atmosphere. Controlling these aspects will heavily reduce the global warming.

[17 November 2022]...

As organizations,institutions,academia and head of states continue with the campaigns, dialogues,potrayals and discussions at Sharm-al-sheikh where the COP27 blazes, we reach yet another huge topic that needs alot of light but nonetheless many dont talk about.
This was an opportunity to showcase that climate change wasnt affecting only humans but as well biodiversity. Infact research from different institutions has been showcased to prove this.

[16 November 2022]...

ENERGY DAY

[15 November 2022]...

ENERGY DAY

[15 November 2022]...

ACE AND CIVIL SOCIETY DAY

[14 November 2022]...

AFRICADAY

[14 November 2022]...

GENDER DAY

[12 November 2022]...

ADAPTATION AND AGRICULTURE DAY

[11 November 2022]...

DECARBONIZATION DAY

[10 November 2022]...

YOUTH AND FUTURE GENERATIONS

[10 November 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association's,Programme Manager, Khalid M.Abdille met with Russia's The V.I Vernadsky Foundation representer Mr Khalid and with Norways Refugee Council's Mrs.Birkewand. Mr Abdille and Birkewand discussed lengthly on the developments and plans NRC have to combat climate change and what they are doing to support the heavily affected people of Somalia since their organization has a strong presence in most parts of Somalia. She clarified that they are looking at ways to support the climate affected communities and that NRC always looks out for the best interest of the communities it supports. Meanwhile on the other hand the Vernadsky Foundation and Somali Greenpeace Asscoiation discussed the potential possibilities of having a partnership of the east,west and central areas of the globe to come together and fight for a climate justice while there is time. Russians are also seeing the effects of climat change and experiencing it although the conditions might differ than the ones in Somalia is what Mr.Khalid from V.I Vernadsky Foundation said. 

Science has come a long way and it is time that our scientist reverse the climate change causing agents in the atmosphere. SCIENTISTS TIME IS NOW.

[10 November 2022]...

Somalia CSOs for environment and  climate change SoCAN participated and raised questions concerning induced climate change migration in a road map to resilience, financing climate action to address vulnerability, food security and human rights.

[09 November 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace  Association director Mr Hassan Mowlid attended high level panel discussion on climate crisis & security nexus organized by the Germany government in COP27. He asked questions concerning how the government would reach its net zero emissions by 2050, & LossDamage compensation 4 Africa. 

As world leaders come together in negotiations, discussions and side events become lively, the SOGPA delegates become active and engaging.

[06 November 2022]...

Civil Society Organisations from Africa must  be given attention on finance adaptation issues for Africa, ahead of the 27th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change  in COP27. Enough discussions have been had about policies but not many have been had around the implementation and finance on the adaptation. 

[06 November 2022]...

Ahead of COP27 Somali Greenpeace clearly states its position on the position of the Somali community from the decisions and negotiations to be discussed in Egypt. We[SOGPA] demand that communities at the frontline of climate crisis (youth, women, indigenous people, pastoralists, fisherfolks) participate in the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of climate action interventions at all levels.

[02 November 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association in collaboration with Action 4 Environment have concluded two day consultation pre-cop27 youth Climate change event in Somalia. Many thanks to SIDA and the Swedish Embassy in Somalia and UNDP Somalia for supporting this event. One of the outcome of this meeting was demand of loss and damage compensations. 

[24 October 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association was part of the Somali youth that have hosted youth delegates from Ethiopia in  Somalia as part of plant African Fraternity Regional. It was also intended to create collaboration between the two nations' youth to tackle  climate catastrophes and the campaign for the Green Legacy Initiative led by the Dr.Abiye Ahmed,the prime minister of Ethiopia.

The three day event was an engaging moment from the youth of the two countries and several notable actions took place at famous sites like the Somali National University where more than a hundred trees were planted. 

[13 October 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association in collaboration with OXFAM has mobilized a highly organized workshop on influencing skills for the young activists that advocate for climate change stories in Somalia.

The workshop that was conducted in a peer-to-peer form  was effectively carried out and the participants exchanged their experiences and tactics on how they best influence their target audiences. A number of tasks was developed and discussed as part of the workshop and this improved the dynamics and influencing techniques of the less experienced attendees of the program.

[12 October 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association, PACJA, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, AAPS, KPCG, Forum C, CCC-E and RCCDN kick off the Climate Justice Torch conference at Sarova Pan Africa for the East and Horn of Africa. One Africa One Voice for COP27 is the message we carry for world leaders. Addressing issues facing the regions and bringing to the fore the voices of vulnerable communities. Africa is awake, waiting and watching for the path its leaders will follow in such a crucial time. A time where inaction will cost the african citizens dearly.

[23 September 2022]...

Action 4 Environment and SOGPA collaborate on the organization of an event session on the occasion of 21st September, International Peace Day, a program on Climate Change, Peace, and Security Nexus in Somalia.
The program brought together peace activists,climate advocaters and security professionals to discuss the current issues faced by Somalia in recent years among other pressing issues.

The connection between peace and climate change is a topic that does not get enough recognition from the local somali citizens but the Somali CSOs like Somali Greenpeace Association and A4E are on the forefront of advocacy and awareness campagin in eduacting them and preparing them how climate change can take part in the creation of insecurity and new conflicts between brethren communities.  

[15 August 2022]...

Oxfam and SOGPA collaborate on a capacity building training to deliver training and do the mobilization of the CSO,academicians and the youth. The training focused on the methodologies of  creating,delivering and implementing an effective message on climate justice mobilization movement.
It emphasized on the efficacy,clarity and concreteness of the content to be delivered to audiences of all types.

The 2 day training came to conclusion with a positive result wherein the participants showed a higher understanding of what a powerful advocacy campain should be and the qualities it should have.

[30 July 2022]...

Floods, landslides, soaring temperatures, drought, rising sea & water levels are causing unprecedented migration, displacement & impacting human mobility in East & Horn of Africa. Leaders and heads of government from East & Horn of Africa, UNmigration, UNFCCC & partners are meeting in Kampala, Uganda to discuss solutions and call for action on Climate  Change, Migration & Displacement ahead of COP27.

Millions of people are affected by climate change in the region. Somali Greenpeace attended the discussions as part of the CSO from Somalia to proudly convey and tell the story of how climate change is displacing the local somalis from their ancestral lands into urbanized lifestyle.

[24 July 2022]...

SOGPA has hosted one of the most anticipated side event discussed on how effective natural resource management can be pathway to peace in Africa during the African Protected Areas Congress at the African CSOs Biodiversity Alliance . Big thanks to the panelists Ms Gertrude Nyangi, Founder and Executive Director of Support for Women in Agriculture and

Environment, Wassa Cisse, An impact analyst at the Best Seller Foundation, Allassane Makadassu Technical Director of African Wild Life Foundation. Mr Hassan Mowlid Yasin, Excutive Director of Somali Greenpeace Association and Simagele Msweli Youth programme officer at African Wildlife foundation

A consensus emerging from the side event was that it is important to build the capacity of CSOs in order to effectively manage and conserve biodiversity.

[5 July 2022]...

Najma Nor Omar one of our staff member participated in the second cohort of Nairobi Summer School of Climate Justice organised by Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA).

Nairobi summer school of climate justice would produce young people equipped with the knowledge of climate justice.

Somali Greenpeace Association is very excited to take part the 2nd edition of the Nairobi Summer School Summit for Climate Justice taking place at Kenyatta University Main Campus, in Kenya that brings together all climate justice advocates and ambassadors across the African Continent. SOGPA was also part of the first cohort and has shown a tradition of showing its presence in climate resilience programs. 

[24 June 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Assocaition feels honoured to have been part of the panel discussion on Empowering African Youth Voices for a peaceful and climate resilient future in the Egypt. The meeting was attended by the executive director,Hassan M.Yasin,who  highlighted the initiatives the Somali youth are taking to combat climate change crisis in Somalia at the AswanForum in Egypt. He also expressed how best the youth initiatives can and should be supported. 

[17 June 2022]...

Somalia hosted the first environmental summit of its kind at its heart Mogadishu on the 15th and 16th of June to bring academicians,researchers,students and climate activists. Mogadishu Environmental Summit,a platform that brought together numerous sectors in combatting climate issues and environmental related problems in Somalia, a problem that has developed a trend of re-occurence in the last 3 decades has shed light on the plight of the somali people .Somali Greenpeace Association executive director, Hassan M.Yasin  was part of the invited guest of honors and has highlighted  how the Somali youth are part of the solutions in tackling climate change and environmental degradations.

[06 June 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association in collaboration with OXFAM conducted a one day workshop to celebrate and raise awareness on the environment in Mogadishu. World environment day celebrated on every 5th June worldwide is a reminder of how much we should appreciate our environment. The themes selected to represent each year for the last decade show how delicate and fragile it is becoming. ''Nature deserves to be nurtured and cared for,after all,it takes of us too when we need it the most,''said Khalid M.Abdille,Programme Manager of Somali Greenpeace Association at the workshop.

[26 May2022]...

Local youth gather in the monthly informal pep talk show named 'Popcorn and Environment' meant to increase the awareness of the local youth on the climate issues happening within their society and around them throughout the world. Mr Hassan  M.Yasin  was the guest of honour of the May monthly talk of the show. He was acccompanied by the communication officer of the  organization Mr Abdishakur A. Mohamud on the event. They encouraged the creators of the show to keep up the good work and reach the rural communities if they can.

[25 May2022]...

''We calls for delivery of promised $100 billion a year in climate finance and more progress on loss and damage at Stockholm forum'' voice of Mr Yasin. Somali Greenpeace Association's director affirms his stand on the promises being made every now and then but withour execution. He says he wants to see the promised money being delivered and more being done and actions taken at the Stockholm forum.

[25 May2022]...

Mr Abdishakur A. Mohamud and Mr Khalid M.Abdille represented Somali Greenpeace Assocation in a 3 day capacity building session on organizational communication which was held for Somali CSOs to boost their reach.The objective of the training was to equip participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to develop effective communication competences and provide the participants with relevant information regarding different forms of communication and their appropriate use.

The training-workshop was attended by twelve (12) civil society organizations comprising of various sections.

[19 May2022]...

Hassan M.Yasin debriefs more than 50 civil societies during the Stockholm50 youth consultation in Somalia on how the Somali Youth are engaging in the international negotiations. He emphasized on the opportunities the Somali youth have to tackle their problems and how they can be role-players in the solution. He iterated that the Somali youth make up 70% of the population and with the right skills and tools,they can make the differnece.

[17 May2022]...

Ahead of the Sustainable Energy for All in Kigali, Somali Greenpeace Assocation,Programme Manager, Khalid M.Abdille takes part in the  Youth Advocacy Clinic: Just & Inclusive Energy Transition for young African activists who have become powerful global voices calling for governments to advance just and equitable energy transitions to step-up ambition and accelerate progress hosted by Carnegie Mellon University Africa in collaboration with  Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and World Resources Institute.

[11 May2022]...

In a two day consultation, Office of the Prime Minister Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, SIDA, UNDP and Local CSO and Somali NGO's concluded by joining our voices together to demand climate justice ahead of the Stockholm+50 to be hosted in Stockholm early June. Somali Greenpeace Association had the opportunity to brief the participants on its views and how the somali youth see the fight with the climate problems in the somali peninsula. We also highlighted the nature based solutions available in general that can be integrated to the system in addition to the voices calling for climate justice.

[28 April 2022]...

Mr Hassan M.Yasin participates in the African Regional Conference on Loss and Damages and Climate finance in Malawi. ''Can humanitarian assistance be considered as climate finance?'' one of the issues the executive director of Somali Greenpeace Association has raised in the conference when addressing some of the losses and damages Somalia is suffering as result of climate change impacts. It is time to reconsider our priorities and actions. No more sugar-coating the climate crisis with humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid is a geographical based occurence but climate crisis affects us all and the more we ignore it the more the problems escalate.

[28 March 2022]...

Somali people have the right to get climate justice and get compensated to the loss and damages caused by climate change impacts. In a two day workshop we; Somali Greenpeace Association,Oxfam Somalia,African Youth Commission and Natural Justice, concluded by joining our voices together to demand climate justice The networking and engagement of different civil societies was a learning and experience gaining for all the parties. 

[21 March 2022]...

Increased loss of livelihood have led to massive deforestation, worsening climate change impacts. Addressing climate change must be holistic - invest in sustainable jobs including sustainable agro-forest enterprises. In regards to this International Forest Day

Somali Greenpeace Association engaged the grass root levels on the importance of preventing deforestation and planting more trees. 

[16 February 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association had the opportunity to facilitate the African Regional Consultation at the Global Youth Environmental Assembly in Nairobi. Assessing the Meaningful inclusion of youth voices in Decision making process in the environmental governance space.

[14 February 2022]...

Somali Greenpeace Association has held the National Youth Environmental Assembly prior to the upcoming Global Youth Environmental Assembly and the UN Environmental Assembly in Nairobi. The event which was hybrid brought together civil society organizations, youth, women and government officials to discuss on the environmental governance, pressuring environmental issues, youth engagement on UN  and CYMG of UNEP. Thanks to the great contributions from the attendees such as Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Directorate of Environment OPM, PACJA, UNSOM. 

[22 December 2021]...

Today  UrurKaab FCGSweden  has  visited our HQ office in Muqdisho.The visit was both about capacity assessment  and future possible partnership between our two organizations. UrurKaab highlighted  the dedication of SOGPA  to achieve healthy Sustainable environment in Somalia.

[03 December 2021]...

Somali Greenpeace Association participated in a 5 day capacity building and cross learning workshop in Ukunda county,Kenya.During the cross learning visit in Kenya, we visited Nbuyuni beach management unit. We learned how they do the sea weed farming, how the local marine protected areas work and how they benefit from the conservation process. 

[23 Novenber 2021]...

Somali Greenpeace Association participated in a 2 day consultative meeting with youth representatives across Somalia to discuss the development of UN Somalia youth strategy from 21-22. The strategy aims to equip the youth with necesary tools for peace and economic prosperity. 

In attendance was the Director General of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Somalia

[18 November2021]...

A training first of its kind on climate change and its impacts has been conducted for the community of Galdogob by Somali Greenpeace Association,a national civil society organisation.The training was held on a time much needed for such kind of awareness and mass education since severe droughts have been reported from various sectors of the country.The training has been attended by the various parts of the community;women, children,youth and men.

[21 October 2021]...

Somali Greenpeace Association in parnership with African Youth Initiative on climate change and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, as part of the 15 days of action in countdown to COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference have conducted stakeholders consultation on how to engage the Somali youth in the climate change policy formulation in the capital of Somalia,Muqdisho. More than 50 people participated in this trainings and panel discussion. The participants expressed more of like this event is needed to take place in the country. More than 50 people participated in this trainings and panel discussion. The participants expressed the need for more of events like this to take place in the country.  

[09 September 2021]...

Somali Greenpeace Association in parnership with African Youth Initiative on climate change and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance held a training on Climate Change and its Impacts in Abudwak,Somalia.

The training hosted 50 people from the different sectors of the societies such as local authorities,youth associations,students and elders.The training was part of our ongoing training campaigns and intergenerational dialogues for youth in engaging policy formulation for climate change in Somalia.

We highly thank Farxiyo Jeyte Waddani ,our focal point in Galmudug state, and her team for organizing such a marvellous training.