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Turning Africa's climate-security risks into opportunities | BCSC 2022

20 October, 2022

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WATCH: How Africa manages the different challenges posed by climate security will determine the future developmental agenda of the continent and its people. This panel explored how reframing climate change from an environmental issue to a development issue can help turn climate security risks into development opportunities for the continent.

Speakers

Hind Aïssaoui Bennani, International Organisation for Migration and UN Migration Specialist in Migration, Environment and Climate Change
Ngozi Amu, Head, Research and Analysis, UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel
Faten Aggad, Senior Advisor on climate diplomacy and geopolitics, African Climate Foundation
Hector Camilo Morales Munoz, Senior Advisor, adelphi

Moderator

Dhesigen Naidoo, Senior Research Associate, ISS Pretoria

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