The Climate Imperative: Prioritizing a Continental Just Energy Transition (Mining Indaba)

Across Africa, the energy transition is a key opportunity for the continent to fully industrialize. How are policymakers seizing this initiative to pursue their energy ambitions through mining? How can Africa take advantage of the energy transition to enhance mineral value chains and green industrialization while increasing local beneficiation? As more foreign environmental legislations impose greater limits on heavy industrial sectors, are external stakeholders setting standards that disregard the imperative of African development?

This session will feature:

• Nkandu Beltz, MD, Beltz Mining
• Aida Diop, Senior Program Officer, NRGI
• Benjamin Boakye, Executive Director , ACEP
• Joanne Yawitch, Head of the JET PMU, Presidency of South Africa
• Tapiwa Chimbganda, Just Transition Advisor, GIZ