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The annual groundWork Report has been the organisation’s flagship research publication since 2002. It documents the state of environmental injustice in relation to climate change, governance, the Constitution, waste, toxic spaces, the destruction of places and the failure of development. Framed by the perspectives, evidence, and lived experiences of partner fenceline communities, the report is widely sought after, cited and relied upon by researchers, academics and allies in the environmental justice movement locally and internationally. The last six editions have made a compelling case for a (truly) just transition.
Groundwork Reports

"Systems change not climate change" is a popular climate justice slogan. This report explores where the slogan ...

On 31 January this year, Open Secrets, a non-profit organisation that exposes
and builds accountability for ...

It is always an exciting time when the date arrives to launch The groundWork Report, which gives an account of the ...

The year 2020 was brutal. But this was nothing new for the millions of South Africans who are unemployed, who go ...

According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2019 was the year of the pig. For environmental justice campaigners, workers, ...

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report: Global Warming of 1.50 C leaves you with faint ...

On the 8th of September 2017, for the first time ever, community people from the coalfields of South Africa spoke ...

The eastern Highveld is fertile and well watered. It is the source of several major rivers – including the ...

This groundWork Report continues with the theme of climate and energy justice explored from different angles in ...

The concept of people’s energy sovereignty is one that responds to the crises of the times. It is linked to food ...

This report is about household energy. It is based on conversations with people in the Vaal, the Highveld and ...

Waste used to be something of the past, a part of life turned to dust and ash. For
much of the 19th Century, dust ...
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Special Reports

groundWork Hazardous Waste Report

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A Community Health Screening Programme Related to Air Pollution from Coal Mining Ac tivities in the Mpumalanga ...

We Know Our Lives are in Danger
Cover of We know our lives are in Danger reportPeople living in communities ...

Coal Kills
groundWork’s resistance to coal expansion is tied in with our partners the Centre for Environmental ...

Guide and Checklist for Phasing Out Mercury-added Products Under the Minamata Convention on MercuryThis guide ...

Broken Promises: The failure of South Africa's priority areas for air pollution - time for action.
The Centre for ...

Shell: Don't Frack the KarooThis report, written in August 2014, was commissioned by groundWork (Friends of ...

A story of air pollution and political failure to protect South Africans from pollution, June 2014.This report ...

Unpacking Climate Change: Background Notes to the Catastrophe.Reading about climate change can be confusing ...

Toxic Futures: South Africa in the Crises of Energy, Environment and Capital.There are three ways in which ...

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