Monday
12
August 2024
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM IST
Location
Auditorium, GICT Building
Central Campus
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Prospects for Climate Resilient Development and Just Energy Transition in African Countries
Sustainability Seminar Series
Youba Sokona
Former Vice Chair
IPCC
Speaker
Youba Sokona, former Vice Chair of IPCC, shared his insights on climate change and combative measures that should be taken, particularly concerning the Global South, during his visit to Ahmedabad University. Professor Sokona discussed the climate and developmental challenges faced by the Global South and the desperate need for scholars and academics from the Global South to convene and create solutions and systems that suit their ecosystem. He also stressed India’s potential to lead the climate change agenda and emphasised India’s capacity and capability to lead the Global South. He concluded by punctuating the need for countries to work together and pool their resources to mitigate the challenges arising due to climate change, creating a better place.
Speaker: Youba Sokona, former IPCC Vice Chair
Date: August 12, 2024
Venue: GICT Auditorium, Ahmedabad University
Speaker
Youba Sokona
Professor Sokona, with over 40 years of experience addressing energy, environment and sustainable development in Africa, has been at the heart of numerous national and continental initiatives. He was a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment report after serving as Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III for the fifth assessment report following being a Lead Author since 1990. He has a proven track record of organisational leadership and management, for example as Inaugural Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre and as Executive Secretary of the Sahara and the Sahel Observatory. He is affiliated with numerous boards and organisations. For example among others he is Honorary Professor at University College London, member of The World Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences, the International Council of Science, Associate member of the National Academy of Sciences and Technology of Senegal and Honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Mali. Professor Sokona is a global figure, with deep technical knowledge, extensive policy experience and an unreserved personal commitment to African led development.
