Sustain267 Podcast

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.

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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.

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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

In this episode, the panel explores methods of “Strengthening social inclusion in policy and financing processes to secure feminist and just climate transition”. The climate crisis severely threatens vulnerable communities’ 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 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.

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

This is the third of eight episodes of Sustain267 Podcast, we share with you conversations that included Africans 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.

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 “You’re enjoying it”. It also features art pieces from Danielle Boodoo-Fortune.

This is the second of eight episodes of Sustain267 Podcast, we share with you conversations that included Africans 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.

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 film’s 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 Women’s Forum/Somkhele Women’s Group, South Africa

Beatrice Rukanyanga, Kwataniza Women Farmers Group, Uganda

In the next eight episodes of Sustain267 Podcast, we share with you conversations that included Africans 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.

The first episode of the series is the “A Green Future for Us: Youth Voices in Climate Justice” 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

For this episode, we partnered with the British High Commission in Botswana to bring you a conversation on “Botswana'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.

For this episode, we partnered with the British High Commission in Botswana to bring you a conversation on “Botswana Road to COP26”. 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.

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.

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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

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In this episode of Sustain267 we are in conversation with Gakemotho Satau, a Community Developer in the Ghanzi and Okavango Delta and Max Muyemburuko, the chairperson of the Kavango East and West Regional Conservancy and Community Forestry Association. We hear from the community members, what is going on in the Okavango, what the effects of the ReconAfrica oil drilling project will be on their community and environment 

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To kick off Season 2, we partner with United Nations Botswana, to commemorate #UN75 'Shaping Our Future Together' and in the spirit of crowdsourcing solutions to global challenges, we unpack SDG 13 and 17 as they intersect with Botswana’s commitment to climate change and development priorities. This conversation engages the Batswana and leverages their lived experiences to co-learn and exchange knowledge, additionally sharing information on the support available from United Nations Botswana.

Resources from UN Botswana:

https://unccelearn.org/

Small Grants Programme: https://sgp.undp.org/component/countrypages/?view=countrypage&country=25&Itemid=

In this episode in the spirit of the end of year festivities, we are in conversation with Thato Chuma, founder of social enterprise The Local Slice BW, about sustainable gifting while supporting local businesses. We explore what sustainable gifting means and how one can do it while support local economies and small businesses.

This episode is the third episode of a 6-month partnership between The Global Shapers Community Climate and Environment Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Shapers Community Hubs:  Abuja Hub, Accra Hub, Durban Hub, Gaborone Hub, Nairobi Hub, Lagos Hub and Victoria Hub. Joined by Abdullahi Murtal, Lerato Modiega and Seble Samuel, we unpack 'Measuring the impact of climate and sustainability projects in Africa'.

Learn more about the plastic-free Ethiopia project here:  https://www.instagram.com/yezembilmelse/ & https://www.facebook.com/yezembilmelse

In this episode, we are in conversation with Humangle Media reporter and Global Shaper Abdullahi Murtala, on the complex situation in the Lake Chad region. We explore its current status, the causes of the unrest and how the global community may help.

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This episode is the second episode  of a 6-month partnership between The Global Shapers Community Climate and Environment Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Shapers Community Hubs:  Abuja Hub, Accra Hub, Durban Hub, Gaborone Hub, Nairobi Hub, Lagos Hub, Victoria Hub and Environmentally Friendly Initiative

In the this episode joined by Dr. Habiba Ahut Daggash, Angelique Pouponneau and Amy Gillian, we discuss ‘Multi- Sectoral Perspectives on Accelerating Climate Action in Sub-Saharan Africa’.

In this episode we unpack petitions, in general and within the environmental movement, with human rights lawyer, Lesego Nchunga and 350.org Campaign Specialist, Ahmed Mokgopo. We explore what they are, if they work and how to amplify their impact. We take note of past petitions in Botswana addressing gender-based violence and defilement that were led by civil society. We also note successful  environmental petitions in South Africa.

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On this week’s episode, inlight of the recent International Vulture Awareness Day, we are in conversation with Birdlife Botswana CEO Motshereganyi Kootsositse. We reflect on the role of vultures in the environment and their rapidly decreasing population that is predicted to be extinct in the wild within the next 10 years.

This episode is the first of a 6-month partnership The Global Shapers Community Climate and Environment Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Shapers Community Hubs:  Abuja Hub, Accra Hub, Durban Hub, Gaborone Hub, Nairobi Hub, Lagos Hub, Victoria Hub.

In the this episode joined by Chineyenwa Okoro Onu, Muziwandile Khuzwayo, Dean Okoduwa and Mwende Mwololo, we discuss the need for environmental peojects in our communities and the diffrent stages of a project; initiation, execution, close and sustainability. 

This week we discuss the oil spill off the coast of Indian Ocean island Mauritius with Senior Portfolio Manager at Greenpeace International, Mokshanand Sunil Dowarkasing. We unpack what is happening on the ground, the declared state of environmental emergency, accountability and local heroes who have taken action. We also share how the world can support the people of Mauritius.

On AfricaBytes: Ryad Subratty from Mauritius

In this episode we speak to Dr. Richard Munang, Africa Regional Climate Change Coordinator at UN Environment and author of the book Innovative Volunteerism. We explore the meaning of Innovative Volunteerism, how it may be used to benefit and develop Africa and practices we may borrow from to adress climate change in Africa.

Prof. Dube joins me this week to discuss the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and African representation, climate change in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic response, indigenous knowledge (Medicines and Mophane worm gathering) and how non-scientist may contribute to addressing climate change.

This week we explore "Sustainable Fashion" in Botswana with eco-brand "Seatbelts and Open Spaces" owner Thuto Sekate. We touch on African's way of consuming  fashion, secondhand clothes market (Inama) and the impact of Covid-19 on our demand for clothes.