SADC Futures of Green Industrialisation: A Call for an Alternative Paradigm?
While SADC has strategies and policies in place related to green economies and industrialisation, it lacks a wider strategy that effectively addresses transformative regenerative approaches.
Taking Gender Mainstreaming Seriously in Climate Finance
Mainstreaming gender in climate finance should begin with a clear understanding of the gender and climate change nexus and the concepts underlying it.
Resolution 1540 and the African Continental Free Trade Area: Policy Options to Strengthen Non-Proliferation Controls and Secure Trade
The issue of illicit cross-border trade has been a longstanding challenge, but the risks escalate when it involves the proliferation of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Is #DIYAfrica the Future?
In the civic-driven approach, civic actors can identify and develop solutions for development gaps in their own communities and sectors of interest.
Using Africa’s Precious Civic Innovation Capacity to be Bee-Watcher-Watchering
It is important to have funding which supports local, contextualised priorities in civic tech, not just democracy and governance.
Societal Transformation Through Long-term Decarbonisation and Climate-Resilience Planning
Governments have the flexibility to define climate action according to their own circumstances, capabilities, level of preparation, resources, and development priorities.
Building Sustainable Food Production System in Africa: How Can the G20 Assist?
The last 30 years have seen a steady decline in Africa’s arable land per capita, exacerbated by population growth, urban expansion and infrastructural development.
African Role in G20 Requires More Than a Seat at the Table
Africa’s absence constrained its ability to provide views on major global economic issues at the G20 summits as well as ministerial and technical meetings.
Bridge or Cul-de-Sac? The Role of Africa’s Natural Gas Resources in the Green Transition
While five African countries currently account for 90 percent of the continent’s known gas reserves, the question of how the continent uses its reserves has much wider relevance for the region.
Strengthening Marine and Coastal EbA in Southern Africa
Effective and resource-efficient methods must be identified to protect SADC coastal populations from the effects of rising climate change.