Call for papers: "Climate Change Governance in Africa Workshop" at NYU Accra

[Melina Platas]

Dear all,

Together with colleagues at NYU and NYU Abu Dhabi I am organizing a conference on climate governance in Africa at NYU Accra in June 2023. Please feel free to submit an expression of interest and/or forward it to anyone who may be interested. We are specifically seeking scholars and policymakers who are based in Africa.

Many thanks,

Melina Platas

Climate Change Governance in Africa Workshop
NYU Accra, June 16 and 17, 2022
Organizers: J. Andrew Harris (NYU-AD), Melina Platas (NYU-AD),
Cyrus Samii (NYU NYC), Peter van der Windt (NYU-AD)
 
This workshop focuses on climate change governance in Africa. Climate change governance refers to the design of policies and institutions to promote climate change mitigation and adaptation in ways that are proactive, just, and efficient. While existing research has documented the impacts of climate change and investigated strategies for mitigation and adaptation, much less work investigates the factors that affect citizens’, policy-makers’, and international actors’ behavior when faced with difficult mitigation and adaptation choices.

Despite being a small contributor in terms of carbon emissions, Africa will disproportionately bear the harmful effects of climate change in the coming decades. Further, little research on climate change has been funded in Africa. In the past three decades, less than 5% of global funding for climate research supported research on Africa, and of the research funded, nearly 80% has gone to Global North institutions.

The goals of the workshop are as follows:

• Share recent research on climate change governance in Africa, with a focus on research conducted by African scholars.
• Take stock of the climate change governance research landscape in Africa.
• Connect Global North and Global South scholars and institutions working on climate change governance research in/on Africa to encourage future collaboration.

The workshop will be held on June 16-17, 2023, in Accra, Ghana, and will consist of presentations by researchers and practitioners, networking sessions, and lectures. We are seeking expressions of interest from researchers and policymakers based in Africa and working on the topic of climate governance. The conference will be conducted fully in English. Participants’ travel, meals, and accommodation will be fully covered.

Please submit an expression of interest by March 10 using this form:   https://forms.gle/RYFnhEzseTycZMxd9 
 

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Melina R. Platas
Assistant Professor of Political Science
NYU Abu Dhabi
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