Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This event examines the consequences of climate change on food security on the continent and how water and food scarcity impacts and is impacted by local and global conflict.
Join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in a workshop series in Fall 2022, Africa in Focus: African Agency in International Climate Policy and Energy Geopolitics. This series centers African voices in discussing the causes, consequences, and policy solutions for global climate change.
Speakers:
Simeon Ehui, Regional Director for Sustainable Development for Africa, World Bank
Wanjira Mathai, Managing Director - Africa and Global Partnerships, World Resources Institute
Dhesigen Naidoo, Climate Adaptation Lead, South Africa Presidential Climate Commission & Senior Research Associate - Climate Risk and Human Security Programme, Institute for Security Studies Africa
Moderator:
Robert Paarlberg, Associate, Sustainability Science Program, Harvard Kennedy School & Betty F. Johnson ‘44 Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Wellesley College
For more information: belfercenter.org/event/climate-conflict-and-food-security-africa
This event examines the consequences of climate change on food security on the continent and how water and food scarcity impacts and is impacted by local and global conflict.
Join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in a workshop series in Fall 2022, Africa in Focus: African Agency in International Climate Policy and Energy Geopolitics. This series centers African voices in discussing the causes, consequences, and policy solutions for global climate change.
Speakers:
Simeon Ehui, Regional Director for Sustainable Development for Africa, World Bank
Wanjira Mathai, Managing Director - Africa and Global Partnerships, World Resources Institute
Dhesigen Naidoo, Climate Adaptation Lead, South Africa Presidential Climate Commission & Senior Research Associate - Climate Risk and Human Security Programme, Institute for Security Studies Africa
Moderator:
Robert Paarlberg, Associate, Sustainability Science Program, Harvard Kennedy School & Betty F. Johnson ‘44 Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Wellesley College
For more information: belfercenter.org/event/climate-conflict-and-food-security-africa
