Climate change is not a crisis that affects everyone equally. The countries and communities that have contributed least to global emissions often bear the greatest costs – from extreme heat and water stress to food security, displacement and lost livelihoods.
In South Africa and across the Global South, climate shocks intersect with poverty, unemployment, spatial inequality and constrained public finances, threatening to deepen existing divides and reverse hard-won development gains.
This timely webinar examined climate change not only as an environmental challenge but also as a question of economic justice, development and inequality.
Moderator
- Alex Benkenstein: Head of the Climate and Natural Resources Programme, SAIIA
Panellists
- Prof Jayati Ghosh: Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Prof Murray Leibbrandt: Academic Economist, University of Cape Town
- Slim Dali: Regional Economist for Southern Africa, Agence Française de Développement
Read Prof Jayati Ghosh’s presentation here.
Watch the Recording
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