EVENT | The African Infrastructure Futures Conference, hosted by ACC & its partners, creates a generous platform for exchange & learning between diverse sectors with an interest in African infrastructural success. 🗓️ 21-23 Nov 📍Cape Town, South Africa ℹ️bit.ly/3rdsvNy

Know more here: bit.ly/3fY278A Aromar Revi Amir Bazaz Dr Chandni Singh Prathigna Poonacha Manish Dubey Kavita Wankhade Jagdish Krishnaswamy Geetha Krishnan @valmasdel Amanda Eichel A K M Saiful Islam Izidine Pinto Dr Friederike Otto Anna Sörensson Anton Cartwright Winston Chow (周祥龙) 🇸🇬 Sarah Colenbrander

Happy '8bn people day' a once (maybe twice) in a lifetime experience. And relax, fertility rates have never been lower or falling faster. Focus on modes and rates of extraction, consumption and pollution....not population.

ACC's Anton Cartwright Anton Cartwright sets the scene for this session by arguing that three strands of policy work (industrialisation, urbanisation, climate change) should be woven into a single narrative & effort focussed on people-centre, nature-centre, human development.

A fantastic appointment for the Global South academy, for linkages between the Global South and North and for the trajectory of science and digital innovation for development. Congrats and thanks Edgar Pieterse African Centre for Cities africancentreforcities.net/edgar-pieterse…

Mark Swilling spells out the consequence of policy incoherence. "There is plenty of funding available for renewables at a very low cost per KWh. There is virtually no funding available for investing in coal... " dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Carbon isn’t just another commodity market carbon-pulse.com/201311/ Interesting, and I think true. GHG reduction is much too layered & complex to be a straight commodity. It remains to be seen if ratings agencies can marshal investment in GHG reduction to where most needed.

Those against the US$8.5 bn Just Energy Transition Investment argue that SA is being bribed into decarbonizing its power sector. It's happening anyway as coal power stations fail. Eskom Hld SOC Ltd's available coal plant capacity and emissions are already below IRP2019 levels for 2030.

The wrong way to 'peak-plateau-decline'. A different approach would see the same CO2 curve driving economic inclusion and growth.

LAUNCH | Tonight we see the launch of "Pathways for a Just Urban Transition in South Africa", commissioned by the World Bank in partnership with the ACC, & in collab with the National Treasury of South Africa & its Cities Support Programme, & the Presidential Climate Commission.

Applause for global carbon market growth from "covering" 7% of all emissions to 23% in a decade. Now time to focus this market on actually cutting emissions and building the low carbon, inclusive economies, nature enhancing economy we all need. openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publi…

South African firefighters learned their craft protecting people living in fire-dependent biomes such as fynbos. As large parts of the world become hotter and drier, this is a valuable and exportable skill. #indigenousknowledge #newclimateeconomy

When our website host contacted me out of the blue I assumed it related to an unpaid bill. Instead @xneeloHosting offered to put together some home-town footage and aired Credible Carbon's ambition and purpose at a time when carbon markets are in need of both.

"We have mortgaged our most precious moral compass, for which many millions suffered for way too many decades" important context (some of it lived experience) and damning conclusion from Branko Brkic dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Yeah, it’s a bit hot, but it’s summer. Let’s keep drilling for new oil. Who cares about about our kids and their kids’ future anyway?

No words.

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Gathering wishes and hopes for the new year......I don't think this is too much to ask for. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

"Culture meets urban dialogue! 🎭 The #UrbanizationDialogue kicked off with a vibrant traditional dance performance by the Dept. of Creative Arts, University of Dar es Salaam—celebrating heritage as we discuss the future of our cities. #Tanzania #ESRF #UrbanFuture"

Cities are complex ecosystems, shaped by diverse ideas & actors—from urban planners to environmentalists, economists to community voices. Collaborative thinking fuels sustainable development, as highlighted by Mr. Anton Cartwright. #UrbanInnovation #SustainableCities