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The Africa Renewable Energy Dialogue

In partnership with the African Climate Foundation, Dalberg and UN Economic Commission for Africa, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the UN High-level Climate Action Champions co-hosted The Africa Renewable Energy Dialogue. The event took place virtually on 26 July 2021.

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A Clean Covid-19 Recovery: The South African Opportunity

Never has the role of clean energy been more pivotal to economic and societal transformation. Thus, the African Climate Foundation were delighted to host a discussion on 27 July 2021 based on the EY Parthenon study titled, A Clean COVID-19 Recovery: The South African Opportunity. This report, commissioned by the...

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Unlocking Viable Economic Investments for an African New Deal

In collaboration with the Climate Bonds Initiative and with the support of Agora, the ACF hosted a webinar to launch the “Green Bonds in South Africa: How Green Bonds Can Support South Africa’s Energy Transition” report on 10 August 2021. The webinar enabled key market participants to engage in conversations...

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Futureproofing Philanthropy against Climate Change – A Dynamic Conversation on Context-Specific Philanthropic Initiatives

The Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa, in partnership with the The African Climate Foundation and the Lewis Foundation, recently hosted a three-part webinar series, ‘Futureproofing Philanthropy Against Climate Change: How the Climate Crisis Intersects with Your Giving’.

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LCAW: The Economics of Climate Equity and the Future of Oil and Gas in Africa

As part of London Climate Action Week, the African Climate Foundation hosted a webinar titled The Economics of Climate Equity and the Future of Oil and Gas in Africa. Our distinguished panel of speakers unpacked alternative pathways for Africa’s transition towards net-zero, what this means for the future of African...

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Alliance Magazine | June 2021 | Climate philanthropy before COP26

By Charles Keidan June 2021 Leading philanthropy publication, Alliance Magazine, takes an look in-depth at the state of climate philanthropy before COP26 in Glasgow – the world’s pivotal climate summit. The issue has a special focus on the voices and perspectives of young people around the world and their hopes...

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The ecosystem of climate philanthropy

Alliance Magazine 1 June 2021 The ACF is thrilled to be profiled in the Alliance Magazine’ June edition, as one a number of platforms, networks and pooled funds have emerged in recent years to enable funders to combine their efforts in the battle against climate change.Read the full article by...

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ACF Director reflects on the political economy of climate finance

By: Saliem Fakir 9th April 2021 In his book, Feline Philosophy, which is about what cats can teach humans, John Gray points us to a few lessons. One of these is pertinent to what I discuss in this article: beware of anyone who offers to make you happy. Gray warns...

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G7 summit: SA can help strengthen climate diplomacy

SA could be part of a global collective strategy to retire coal within developing economies SA, together with India, South Korea and Australia, will be a guest at the G7 Leaders’ Summit this week. It serves as an occasion for SA to establish a more assertive climate diplomacy at the...

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Unpacking the just transition (in three parts)

(Part One): The conceptual terrain The concept of a ‘just transition’ in which worker jobs in a dying industry like coal mining are transformed into new skills in clean energy, is, in essence, not new. Every industrial revolution has brought about radical change, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution is no...

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The political economy of South Africa’s energy transition for outsiders

In South Africa, the political drift is towards favouring ‘low-carbon options’ and engineering a distracting skirmish between coal and renewables technologies to keep the renewables camp busy. And quietly, gas, nuclear and coal is being pushed. “A man who is used to acting in one way never changes, he must...

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Covid-19 pandemic and climate change are expected to top the agenda at the G7 summit

The Executive Director of the African Climate Foundation, Saliem Fakir, was joined by the CEO of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Elizabeth Sidiropoulos in an interview with Newzroom Afrika. Together, they discussed the significance of the G7 Summit and its outcome as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate...

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Africa day climate dialogue and our strategic framework launch

To celebrate Africa Day, the African Climate Foundation launched its Strategic Framework 2021 – 2025 and hosted an interactive dialogue with its esteemed Advisory Council. Participants reflected on a core set of issues and responses to climate change on the continent, explored points of intersection in their existing work and...

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Future energy conversations with Saliem Fakir and Leila Weideman

Leila Mahomed Weideman, Director of Sustainable Energy Markets, City of Cape Town and Saliem Fakir, Executive Director of the African Climate Foundation unpack energy security and how a secure energy supply we can enable growth and diversify our economy. As COVID-19 has shown us, our country’s deep structural inequalities are...

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Foreign policy in uncertain times: what are the options for South Africa?

In recent years, the rules-based system that has governed the global political and economic order since the Second World War has become increasingly fragile. It has been undermined by the contempt that the Trump administration has shown for it, by the rise of more nationalist governments in countries as different...