African Futures Lab

🎙️Just Released – Season 3 Episode 2 "Future Perfect - Futur Antérieur" Our latest episode featuring Ineza Umuhoza Grace, CEO of The Green Protector Co. and founder of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition, is now live and available on all major streaming platforms! Hosted by Hélène Himmer and Brigitte Perenyi, Storytelling Manager at Reform Initiatives, this episode dives into the pressing need for climate reparations, with a special focus on Africa and the Global South, regions facing severe climate impacts while contributing the least to global emissions. In this episode, we explore how youth activism is driving the climate justice movement, spotlighting the voices of vulnerable groups, including women and Indigenous communities in Africa. Ineza also emphasizes the importance of African solidarity in global climate negotiations, while challenging the tokenization of women, youth, and marginalized communities on the global stage. 🎧Listen now to be part of this important conversation on shaping a more inclusive and justice-centered approach to climate action! You can find the podcast attached here: https://lnkd.in/eaXptzTT

📣 Tomorrow, Season 3 of our podcast, Future Perfect - Futur Antérieur, continues with Episode 2! In this episode, Hélène Himmer and Brigitte Perenyi, the Storytelling Manager at Reform Initiatives, host a discussion with Ineza Umuhoza Grace, CEO of The Green Protector Co. and founder of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition. The episode explores how youth activism is fueling the climate justice and reparations movement, with a focus on amplifying the voices of vulnerable groups, such as women and Indigenous communities in Africa.                                                                                                                                                             Ineza Umuhoza Grace is a passionate eco-feminist, climate activist, and environmentalist from Kigali, Rwanda. She is the CEO and Founder of The Green Protector, co-ordinator and co-founder of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition, and a Research Assistant for the CCLAD project, which stands for The Politics of Climate Change Loss and Damage. In 2023, Ineza was awarded the Global Citizen Prize for her remarkable contributions to climate advocacy.

📣 Important Update: The debate has been postponed to October 17th due to unforeseen last-minute event. Join us on Thursday, October 17 for the first in a series of online debates on climate reparations.

Join us tomorrow on Thursday, October 3 for the first in a series of online debates on climate reparations. These debates are part of our ongoing activities that explore the deep connections between racial injustice and climate injustice. The first debate, entitled "Taking a Historical View of Climate Reparations: Addressing Climate Debt," will expand on the issues raised in our first podcast episode. We will address one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate reparations and the concept of climate debt. As the global community increasingly recognizes the historical responsibility of European and industrialized nations for exacerbating the climate crisis through centuries of industrialization and pollution, the call for climate debt reparations has gained momentum. How to move from acknowledging this debt to implementing tangible reparations. What legal and policy frameworks can be applied, and how can history shape our path forward? Hosted by Hélène Himmer the debate will feature two prominent voices in the field of climate justice: Krishnee Appadoo: Senior Lecturer in Law, environmental activist and social entrepreneur. She specializes in environmental law, climate change law and policy at the University of Mauritius. James Gondi: Human rights lawyer, environmental justice advocate and international legal expert with over 15 years of experience in transitional justice and climate justice. Thursday, October 3, 2024 4:00 PM (UTC+2) Online streaming (registration required) Register to attend! https://lnkd.in/eSk2ZyCp

📢 Don't miss our online debate on climate reparation tomorrow! 🗓️ Thursday, October 3, 4:00 PM (UTC+2) 💬 Topic: "Taking a Historical View of Climate Reparations: Addressing Climate Debt" Join us for this insightful discussion with: ➡️ Krishnee Appadoo: Senior Lecturer in Law, environmental activist, and social entrepreneur. She specializes in environmental and climate change law at the University of Mauritius. ➡️ James Gondi: Human rights lawyer and environmental justice advocate with over 15 years of experience in transitional and climate justice. 🖥️ Online streaming (registration required) 👉 Register to attend: https://lnkd.in/eSk2ZyCp

📢 Join us on Thursday, October 3, for our first online debate on climate reparations!   Topic: "Taking a Historical View of Climate Reparations: Addressing Climate Debt" The debate will feature: ➡️ Krishnee Appadoo: Senior Lecturer in Law, environmental activist, and social entrepreneur specializing in environmental law, climate change law, and policy at the University of Mauritius. ➡️ James Gondi: Human rights lawyer, environmental justice advocate, and international legal expert with over 15 years of experience in transitional and climate justice. We will explore one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate reparations and the concept of climate debt. As the global community increasingly recognizes the historical responsibility of European and industrialized nations in exacerbating the climate crisis through centuries of industrialization and pollution, the call for climate debt reparations has gained momentum. 📅 Thursday, October 3, 2024 ⏰ 4:00 PM (UTC+2) 🖥️ Online streaming (registration required) 👉 Register to attend: https://lnkd.in/eSk2ZyCp

Join us on Thursday, October 3 for the first in a series of online debates on climate reparations. These debates are part of our ongoing activities that explore the deep connections between racial injustice and climate injustice. The first debate, entitled "Taking a Historical View of Climate Reparations: Addressing Climate Debt," will expand on the issues raised in our first podcast episode. We will address one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate reparations and the concept of climate debt. As the global community increasingly recognizes the historical responsibility of European and industrialized nations for exacerbating the climate crisis through centuries of industrialization and pollution, the call for climate debt reparations has gained momentum. How to move from acknowledging this debt to implementing tangible reparations. What legal and policy frameworks can be applied, and how can history shape our path forward? Hosted by Hélène Himmer the debate will feature two prominent voices in the field of climate justice: Krishnee Appadoo: Senior Lecturer in Law, environmental activist and social entrepreneur. She specializes in environmental law, climate change law and policy at the University of Mauritius. James Gondi: Human rights lawyer, environmental justice advocate and international legal expert with over 15 years of experience in transitional justice and climate justice. Thursday, October 3, 2024 4:00 PM (UTC+2) Online streaming (registration required) Register to attend! https://lnkd.in/eSk2ZyCp

🎙️ Season 3 of our podcast "Future Perfect - Futur Antérieur" is now online! In the first episode, our guest, Prof. Joshua Castellino, highlights how some climate scientists are reluctant to bring reparations into the climate conversation. Many argue that we need to act fast and can figure out accountability later. But as Castellino points out, ignoring causality is problematic: "If we don't understand the causes, we can't effectively change the approach." To delve deeper into this issue of responsibility and reparations, next week we will host the first in our series of online debates with two prominent voices in the field of climate justice: ➡️ ️ Krishnee Appadoo, senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Mauritius with extensive experience in Environmental Law, Climate Change Law, and Policy. ➡️ ️James Gondi, human rights lawyer with over 15 years of experience in International Law, Environmental Law, and Governance. Stay tuned for more details on the debate. 🎧 In the meantime, if you haven't already listened to the first episode of our podcast, you can find it here: https://lnkd.in/eaXptzTT

📣 Season 3 of our podcast, ”Future Perfect - Futur Antérieur” kicks off today! This season of podcasts is dedicated to exploring climate reparations and ecological justice. For the first episode, "From Responsibility to Reparations of the Climate Crisis: Why the Biggest Polluters Must Pay Up for Climate Damage," we were thrilled to welcome Professor Joshua Castellino, Co-Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International! Professor Castellino is a Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of Derby (UK) and has worked on minority and indigenous peoples’ rights at inter-governmental, parliamentary, apex courts, bar associations, civil society organizations and Universities in nearly sixty countries. In this episode, we explore the urgent need for climate reparations and how marginalized communities, particularly in Africa, are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. Professor Castellino discusses the critical role of major polluters - corporations and industrialized nations - in acknowledging their historical responsibility for climate damage. These entities must take accountability and act.  We hope you enjoy this episode. We'd love to hear your thoughts – just drop us a line! 👉 You can listen to the podcast:  • On our website: https://lnkd.in/ejW48aZf • On your favorite platform: https://lnkd.in/eaXptzTT

The climate crisis is closely linked to the lasting effects of European colonization on the peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In the first episode of Season 3 of our podcast Future Perfect-Futur Antérieur, we had the pleasure of speaking with Professor Joshua Castellino about the responsibility for climate reparations and the need to make those primarily responsible the payers. Joshua Castellino, Co-Executive Director of Minority Rights Group International and Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of Derby, UK, highlighted how European colonization established systems that exploited nature, disrupted circular economies and commodified natural resources, all in the pursuit of wealth accumulation. These exploitative systems, he argues, have been a major driver of the climate crisis, and addressing it requires dismantling these harmful structures. Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Professor Castellino has published ten books (with another forthcoming in 2025) and over 100 articles on international law and human rights. Stay tuned for the first episode this week! In the meantime, feel free to explore our policy paper on climate reparations: https://lnkd.in/egUkwf6B