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In the second episode of the "Disinformation, Fossil Fuels, and Development in Africa," on the Sustain267 Podcast. We are still in Medie village, this time we look at the true cost of fossil fuel for development projects. Who benefits and who pays?
This series is part of the hostâs work as a Bertha Foundation Fellow, in partnership with her host organization, the Botswana Society for Human Development.
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In the second episode of the "Disinformation, Fossil Fuels, and Development in Africa," on the Sustain267 Podcast. We are still in Medie village, this time we look at power relations, political leadership, and who sets the agenda for disinformation and what those in power are doing to protect Medie..
This series is part of the hostâs work as a Bertha Foundation Fellow, in partnership with her host organization, the Botswana Society for Human Development.
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Welcome to the first episode of our 12-part series, "Disinformation, Fossil Fuels, and Development in Africa," on the Sustain267 Podcast. In this episode, we are in Medie, Botswana looking to shed light on agreements between Minergy Coal and Medie village. to bring Masama Coal Mine to life in their community. We are in conversation with community leaders, as they take us right to the beginning of how Masama Coal Mine mine came to exist.
This series is part of the hostsâs work as a Bertha Foundation Fellow, in partnership with her host organization, the Botswana Society for Human Development.
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Recommendation- Drilled: A true-crime podcast about climate change.
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https://businessfocus.org.uk/interview-with-matome-malema-ceo-of-minerals-development-company-botswana-mdcb/
https://caad.info/what-is-misinformation-disinformation/
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-137-57952-2_2
https://thevoicebw.com/mdcb-sets-revival-mode-for-minergy/
https://web.archive.org/web/20240229032208/https://www.minergycoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Minergy-IAR2023.pdf
https://www.bankofbotswana.bw/sites/default/files/publications/2023%20Annual%20Report%20Final.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/BotswanaGovernment/posts/medie-coal-mine-to-create-over-400-jobsmanaging-director-of-minergy-coal-mine-at/1842003602548956/
https://www.facebook.com/BotswanaGovernment/posts/medie-coal-mine-to-create-over-400-jobsmanaging-director-of-minergy-coal-mine-at/1842003602548956
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/aTL4wr2ojJchpANs/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinformation
https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/masama-coal-project/
https://www.mmegi.bw/features/minergy-eyes-rebound-despite-market-tightness/news?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Y-9F74vOvtfa1tnuWhK_iqTI0FevKb9QeYEbo4DbqNvvsAzvWxrmv9lA_aem_a8zy0RoVLPdg1lYsnFw-nw
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https://www.sundaystandard.info/minergys-masama-coal-mine-not-closing-down-moagi/
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/botswana/overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huhaflj8MtM, NJ Ayuk JD, Chairman African Energy Charter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huuk9MegdQI, Benjamin Sporton,
CEO of World Coal Association.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZe5KbYolz8,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM6YDeiKvvg Head of Oil & Gas
for South Africa Khwezi Tiya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJqzCLpBAQ, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Amb. Gabriel Tanimu Aduda
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This is the introductory episode of the 12-part Development and Disinformation Series. This series explores the realities behind the promises of fossil fuel mining for human development.
This series is the result of the host being a Bertha Foundation Fellow, in partnership with her host organization, the Botswana Society for Human Development.
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In this episode of Sustain267 Podcast, we are in conversation with climate justice and gender activist Haneen Shaheen. We discussed Egypt- post COP27, her journey within the climate justice movement as a gender and climate activist. She also shared tips for civil society in the UAE on engaging and working with their government during the countdown to COP28.
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Welcome to Season 3 of the Sustain267 Podcast! In this episode, we are joined by award-winning Pan-African activist and Head Of Building Movement Power at Climate Action Network International, Muhammed Lamin Saidy. We discuss the importance of organising for climate action as Africans, the principles that should guide climate action on the continent and the need for systems change for climate justice.
Links
Oil profits in 2023: Amnesty International, Reuters, CNBC Africa, International Energy Agency
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In this episode of Sustain267 Podcast we are joined by Nalejileji Tipap from the Pastoralist Indigenous Non-Governmental Organizations' Forum in Tanzania and Gasemotho Satau, the Chairperson of the Indigenous Peopleâs Coordination Committee for the SADC Region in Shakawe, Botswana. We discuss their journey to and at COP26 and bring the conversation home to their lived experiences as indigenous people of Africa in the present day.
Contact details for support
Nalejileji Tipap- Pastoralist Indigenous Non-Governmental Organizations' Forum, www.pingosforum.or.tz ntipap [at] pingosforum[dot]or[dot]tz
Gasemotho Satua- Trust for Okavango Cultural and Development Initiatives (TOCaDI), gsatau[at]gmail[dot]com
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This episode unpacks “The Rise of Disaster Capitalism: Climate change, COVID-19 and the Green New Deal”. The current gap in discourse between affected communities on the ground, governments, and multilateral organisations on the impacts of extreme weather events requires that national communities are visible in regional and international political and climate spaces and that their narratives are shared and voices are heard. Marginalised communities are systematically excluded from these spaces, so it is vital to promote their participation in creating, developing, implementing, and monitoring policy responses to and plans on climate change and disaster relief that support their needs. Most of these policy pronouncements do not yet directly address the issues through an inclusive and intersectional approach. Ensuring the inclusion and engagement of women, youth, and others representing marginalised communities in the conversations concerning climate policies and programs, as well as post-COVID recovery measures, is critical for protecting their rights, livelihoods, and critical ecosystems, and biological diversity.
This episode is from the 2021 Global South Women’s Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of women’s human rights through the pursuit of equality.
Speakers: Kavita Naidu, Women and Gender Constituency (WGC), Fiji/Australia
Mela Chiponda, Women’s University in Africa, Zimbabwe
Felogene Anumo, Association for Women’s Rights and Development (AWID), Kenya
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This is the final episode of this series from the 2021 Global South Womenâs Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Womenâs Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific. Over the last few years, there have been many discussions about the Green New Deal (GND), including responses and alternative formulations such as the decolonial, feminist and internationalist GNDs. This final session is a dialogue around whether the GND discussions resonate and connect to the Global South.
Speakers:
Bhumika Muchhala, Third World Network, USA/India
Priya Lukka, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Emilia Reyes, Equidad, Mexico
Gabriela Mendes Chavez, Agrarian South Network, Brazil
Watch the episode with visuals here and watch all 23 sessions of the forum on the IWRAW youtube channel here
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In this episode, the panel explores methods of âStrengthening social inclusion in policy and financing processes to secure feminist and just climate transitionâ. The climate crisis severely threatens vulnerable communitiesâ livelihoods, access to food, water, and shelter. It exacerbates existing inequalities caused by differences in gender, socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity and age, and undermines development. Despite this, these communities, which also have the fewest resources to adapt or mitigate its effects, have drawn from their lived experiences to take countless inventive steps to slow it and address its impacts. Yet, they are often not involved in policy and decision-making. The global decision-making process needs to shift to more inclusivity and centre the voices, knowledge, and skills of communities, particularly women in the Global South, and leverage on their locally shaped climate solutions for inclusive and just climate transition.
This episode is from the 2021 Global South Womenâs Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Womenâs Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of womenâs human rights through the pursuit of equality.
Click to listen to Nyamishanaâs Podcast episode on âA feminist conversation on the climate crisis featuring Ruth Nyamburaâ
Find Lulu Kitololo on her website or on her social media pages Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
Watch the episode with visuals here and watch all 23 sessions of the forum on the IWRAW youtube channel here
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In this episode, the panellists unpack the relationship between climate change and colonialism in the Global South. Rooted in colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and an extractivist relationship to the natural world, conventional economic and development models have led to mass environmental destruction and continue to exacerbate the ongoing climate crisis. Likewise, the human-made consequences of climate change exacerbate economic inequalities, destroy livelihoods, infrastructure, and social safety nets, and impact the resources and strategies available for governments and the global community to provide for each other and prioritise care and well-being of people and planet as the main objective of economic policymaking. These consequences include immediate effects in the wake of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change and long-term effects of the global rise in temperature, with a disproportionate effect on low- and middle-income countries, particularly those in warmer climates in the Global South.
Speakers:
Pambana Bassett, Solidarity Collective (Havana) & Comité en pro del Pueblo de Chiapas, Cuba
Ikal Angelei, Friends of Lake Turkana, Kenya
Find Lulu Kitololo on her website or on her social media pages Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
Watch the episode with visuals here and watch all 23 sessions of the forum on the IWRAW youtube channel here
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This episode focuses on a human-rights-based approach to biodiversity and gender justice, converging around areas of synergy across various international biodiversity-related fora and national actions. It introduces and shares knowledge of Indigenous women in working collectively towards a transformative global agenda for women and girls and environmental justice.
This episode is from the 2021 Global South Women’s Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of women’s human rights through the pursuit of equality.
Speakers: Edna Kaptoyo, PAWANKA Fund, Kenya
Kanlaya Chularattakor, Indigenous Women Network in Thailand (IWNT), Thailand
Aydah Akao, Network of Indigenous Peoples in the Solomon Islands (NIPS), Solomon Islands
Sushila Kumari Thapa Magar, FIMI, Nepal
Click to watch the Thengapalli film
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This is the third of eight episodes of Sustain267 Podcast, we share with you conversations that included Africans from the 2021 Global South Womenâs Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Womenâs Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of womenâs human rights through the pursuit of equality.
This episode is from the Day 3 Creativity & Cultural Corner, Nadia Mohd Rasidi, and is in conversation with Monanja Mwenyewe, a Nairobi-based artist about his song âYouâre enjoying itâ. It also features art pieces from Danielle Boodoo-Fortune.
Watch Monanja Mwenyeweâs here
See Danielle Boodoo-Fortune's art on her website
Watch the episode here and watch all 23 sessions of the forum on the IWRAW youtube channel here
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This is the second of eight episodes of Sustain267 Podcast, we share with you conversations that included Africans from the 2021 Global South Womenâs Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Womenâs Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of womenâs human rights through the pursuit of equality.
In this episode, WoMin African Alliance screened their award-winning film, Women Hold up the Sky. Through the eyes and experiences of women impacted by coal, oil, and mega-infrastructure projects in South Africa, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Women Hold Up the Sky explores stories of resistance and communities in the active struggle to take back control of their land, their rights, their bodies, and their lives. The screening was followed by a reflection on the filmâs themes as well as the process of making the film, and building analytical linkages, connections, and solidarities with other communities and movements engaged in the same struggles for climate justice across Africa and around the world.
Speakers:
Salomé Elolo, Femmes Solidaires (FESO), Democratic Republic of Congo
Medical Nziba, Siyaphakama Womenâs Forum/Somkhele Womenâs Group, South Africa
Beatrice Rukanyanga, Kwataniza Women Farmers Group, Uganda
Click to watch the award-winning film âWomen Hold Up the Sky: African Women Rise for Climate Justiceâ
Watch the episode here and watch all 23 sessions of the forum on the IWRAW youtube channel here
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In the next eight episodes of Sustain267 Podcast, we share with you conversations that included Africans from the 2021 Global South Womenâs Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Womenâs Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, a feminist organisation committed to the full realisation of womenâs human rights through the pursuit of equality.
The first episode of the series is the âA Green Future for Us: Youth Voices in Climate Justiceâ panel, Youth voices, particularly those from the Global South, should be a key part of current and future discourse on climate change. This plenary session brought together young champions from different Global South regions, who are poised and passionate about the ongoing climate crisis and who have served as change agents in their homes, schools, and communities. They highlighted the opportunities and challenges as well as the impact of their work in their individual spaces.
Speakers:
Ayesha Constable, Young People for Action on Climate Change (YPACC), Jamaica
Dumiso Gatsha, Success Capital, Botswana
Renata Koch Alvarenga, EmpoderaClima, Brazil
Belyndar Oiaka Rikimani, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Solomon Islands
Find Lulu Kitololo on her website or on her social media pages Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
Watch the episode here and watch all 23 sessions of the forum on the IWRAW youtube channel here
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For this episode, we partnered with the British High Commission in Botswana to bring you a conversation on âBotswana's Journey Post-COP". Joined by Her Excellency Sian Price- British High Commissioner to Botswana, Dr. David Lesolle- Climatologist and Lecturer at the University of Botswana, Gasemotho Satau- Chairman of the Indigenous People of Africa Committee for SADC and COP26 Delegate and Mpho Tshwaane, 16th UN Climate Change Conference of Youth, Botswana Delegate we reflect on the recently ended COP26 in Glasgow.
Learn More about COP26 here
Read Botswanaâs 2015 NDCs here
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For this episode, we partnered with the British High Commission in Botswana to bring you a conversation on âBotswana Road to COP26â. Joined by Tremayne Stanton-Kennedy, Resilience and Green Growth Adviser / Regional Climate Lead for Southern Africa at the UK-FDCO, Mrs. Baitshepi Babusi- Hill, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Environment Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism and Dr. David Lesolle- Climatologist and Lecturer at the University of Botswana we unpack what Botswana's ambitions are at COP26 in Glasgow.
Learn More about COP26 here
Read Botswanaâs 2015 NDCs here
Resources from the Ministry of Environment Natural Resource Conservation and Tourism
Botswana Climate Change Policy 2021
Botswana Climate Action Plan 2018
Botswana Climate Change Strategy 2019
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In this episode, joined by Gugu Nonjinge, we discuss intersectional environmentalism within the African context- what it means and how we may use it to create more inclusive climate solutions for Africa.
We also meet an intersectional environmentalist living in Botswana, Tinaye Mabara.
Notes
Paper: âDemarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sexâ by KimberlĂ© Crenshaw
Ted Talk: The Urgency of Intersectionality
Policy Paper by Afrobarometer: Change ahead Experience and awareness of climate change in Africa
African Union Transitional Justice Policy
Also worth reading:
https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/practicing-intersectional-environmental-justice
https://medium.com/climate-conscious/intersectional-environmentalism-a-crash-course-6a0c495ace91
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In this episode of the Sustain267 Podcast, we unpack the recently released IPCC Sixth Assessment Report by Working Group 1 on the physical science basis of climate change. We explore the significance of the report for Africa, the low representation of African scientists and how to use the report for climate action and climate solutions
Links
IPCC AR6 Working Group 1 - Full Report
IPCC AR6 Working Group 1 - Summary for Policymakers
List of climate scientists who contributed to the report
Sustain267 Podcast- Political Will
Kyoto Protocol
Paris Agreement
IPCC opportunities
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In this episode of the Sustain267 Podcast, we explore what climate resilience is and what role it plays in growing African countries with Dr Mzime Ndebele-Murisa. We explore the complexities of building climate change resilient African cities, the best-practice methods and highlight the leading African countries on climate change resilience. This conversation is guided by Dr Murisaâs paper "City to city learning and knowledge exchange for climate resilience in southern Africaâ. This episode is part of the ICLEI Africa and the African Centre for Cities, RISE Africaâs discussion series. This series is supported by the South African National Research Foundation, you may find more thought pieces on the Rise Africa Platform
Dr. Murisaâs Professional pages:
1. Google scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PFxBl1YAAAAJ&hl=en
2. LinkedIn: https://zw.linkedin.com/in/mzime-murisa-57142b15
3. ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mzime-Ndebele-Murisa
Notes:
New York floods
Durban floods in 2019
Projects mentioned by Dr. Murisa:
FRACTAL: www.fractal.org.za and https://start.org/prosus3 (magazine special issue) and https://start.org/startcast/season-2 (podcast series focusing on FRACTAL)
EPIC: www.epic.org
SIVIO Institute Residents Associations inter-city virtual tours for knowledge exchange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oD2GGPvvgA&list=PLLfoFtOQC_mOU6nl5SMTZlFuBfvWrh_e9
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