South African becomes Greenpeace chairman

Kumi Naidoo

He might just possibly have become the most influential South African in the world - Kumi Naidoo. Who? Until last month he was the head of Civicus, an international civil society advocacy outfit, but he has just become the head honcho of Greenpeace, the worldwide environmental campaign to protect endangered species and ward off global warming.

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Video: Greenpeace video introducing Kumi Naidoo as its new International Executive Director:

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"The science is clear. We have to change the politics. If we can't change the politics, then we have to put our energies into changing the politicians."