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BW Ep4: Climate Crisis and Developement
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 host’s 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 host’s 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 hosts’s work as a Bertha Foundation Fellow, in partnership with her host organization, the Botswana Society for Human Development.
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https://businessfocus.org.uk/interview-with-matome-malema-ceo-of-minerals-development-company-botswana-mdcb/
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https://thevoicebw.com/mdcb-sets-revival-mode-for-minergy/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huhaflj8MtM, NJ Ayuk JD, Chairman African Energy Charter
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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
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
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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 People’s 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 is the final episode of this series from the 2021 Global South Women’s Forum on Sustainable Development hosted by International Women’s 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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