ArticlesMediaClimate Change, Inequalities, Social CohesionClimate Change and Food Security in AfricaWhile the African Union has declared 2022 as the year of “Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent”, realizing this might be harder than anticipated due to climate change impacts on the continent. Presently, the East African region is experiencing its worst drought spell in four decades that is attributed to La Niña – a natural… Read More Gugu NonjingeJune 21, 2022
ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsClimate Change, Peacebuilding, Transitional JusticeInternational Day of Peace 2021On this #InternationalDayOfPeace 2021, a day set for strengthening the ideal of peace through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire, we as the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) take stock of the threats to peace, security and stability on the continent. Between 2020 and 2021, a total of four military coups d'etat and two attempted… Read More CSVRSeptember 21, 2021
Climate JusticePolicyPublicationsResearchClimate Change, Transitional JusticeClimate Focused Transitional JusticeThe Covid-19 pandemic has created human suffering on a global scale, but also a window of opportunity to rethink how we live, work and play. For the time being, calls for a green recovery that builds back better by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, protecting the environment and creating a fairer, more equitable society have become commonplace. This could help to… Read More Jasmina Brankovic, Augustine Njamnshi and Christoph SchwarteJuly 14, 2021
ArticlesMediaClimate Change, Corporate Accountability, InequalitiesSouthern Africa Is in the Climate Crisis Firing Line — We Need Urgent Climate Justice StrategiesSouthern Africa is one of the most water-scarce regions in the world. Various weather studies have shown that increases in the global temperature are likely to disrupt the already temperamental rainfall patterns. Now is the time for our leaders to take the necessary actions towards climate justice. Although “justice” is a commonly understood term, climate justice is a new concept… Read More Gugu NonjingeMay 14, 2021
ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Climate Change, Peacebuilding, Transitional JusticePeacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Africa Must Include Impacts of Climate CrisisWhen climate change impacts affect people’s access to the natural resources they rely on — such as water, timber and land for crops — it strains relations within and across social groups. Social cohesion is the glue that holds society together. When things get tough, that glue weakens and the risk of conflict increases. Africa is responsible for a mere… Read More Gugu NonjingeApril 14, 2021
ArticlesMediaClimate Change, Transitional JusticeNew Book Reviews of 'The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice'Two new reviews have been published of The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice, by Sonja Klinsky and Jasmina Brankovic. In the International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Ottavio Quirico writes, “Klinsky and Brankovic comprehensively apply transitional justice principles to climate change regulation. Their analysis discloses thought-provoking insights, necessarily de lege ferenda, and provides ground-breaking suggestions for further developing specific substantive… Read More Jasmina BrankovicApril 16, 2019
