We live in a time of great shifts when major changes in our political economy are causing a variety of unsettling phenomena. We have all seen the science on fossil fuels, and yet, in the post-Ukraine era, more than 500 billion USD has been invested in various oil and gas projects in Africa. The countries most responsible for climate change are reneging on their climate commitments. The USA has again withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. Europe is diluting the Green Deal. It has increasingly turned to gas to run heat pumps, homes and industrial processes. The entire Global North is adopting protectionist measures, strong-anti migrant laws and other insular mechanisms to stave off populist ideas from the far right. What does all this mean for the climate policies and laws that we have adopted over the years. Was it all just hot air? Can the climate emergency be postponed? And what about our development needs? To answer all these questions, we have a panel of brilliant minds who engage with these questions every day. They are thought leaders, network builders and producers of new imaginaries for a better Africa.

30 September | 13:00-15:00 SAST | Johannesburg | Online

In conversation with:

Sikho Luthango: Senior Research Associate - Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Binta Moustapha: Climate Ambassador and Science advocate

Zo Randriamaro: Director - Research and Support Centre for Development Alternatives-Indian Ocean (CRAAD-OI)

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