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Reframing Climate Justice: Low-Income Countries and the Energy Transition

Wed. November 10th, 2021
Live Online

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The global response to the climate crisis must be fair to be effective. Yet, international climate policies continue to prioritize near-term emissions reductions over broader support for economic development and energy transformation. This approach places disproportionate responsibility on those who did the least to cause the current crisis and risks undermining poverty alleviation, development, and climate resilience—the opposite of justice.  

How can development funders and financiers meet the energy needs and priorities of energy-poor low-income countries in ways that strengthen global responses to the climate crisis? Join us for a special event as part of OECD COP26 Virtual Pavilion on climate justice for low-income countries, co-hosted by the OECD Development Centre and the Carnegie Africa Program. 

event speakers

Zainab Usman

Senior Fellow and Director, Africa Program

Zainab Usman is a senior fellow and inaugural director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Her fields of expertise include institutions, economic policy, energy policy, and emerging economies in Africa.

Ragnheidur Elín Árnadóttir

Ragnheidur Elín Árnadóttir is the director of the OECD Development Centre.

Katie Auth

Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program

Katie Auth is a nonresident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Africa Program, where her research focuses on U.S. government policy on Africa and evolving relationships with African partners, particularly related to climate change, energy, and investment. She is also the policy director at the Energy for Growth Hub, a global think tank advancing data-driven solutions to end energy poverty.

Stéphane Hallegatte

Stéphane Hallegatte is a senior climate change adviser at the World Bank.

Carlos Lopes

Carlos Lopes is a professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town.