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This year’s theme is fair transitions, as countries face the dilemma of reconciling environmental preservation with reducing the energy gap. Only 40% of the African population has access to electricity
The Mohamed VI Polytechnic University in Benguerir, Morocco, hosted the Spring Meeting of the Paris Peace Forum. It was the first time that the Paris Peace Forum was meeting in an African country. That speaks of the importance of Africa in the evolving new world order and the role it can play in catalyzing global growth.
The Paris Peace Forum brought together high-level experts from the North and South, as well as various sectors, to found the Global Council for Responsible Transition Minerals. This council includes notable figures such as Kandeh Yumkella, co-chair of the Council and former special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, Bruno Oberle, former director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Kenewendo Bogolo, former Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry of Botswana.
The Paris Peace Forum is a platform open to all seeking to develop coordination, rules, capacities, and political momentum.Among other things, the Forum addresses the challenges of climate change, advocates the sharing of technology beyond borders etc.
This year’s theme is fair transitions, as countries face the dilemma of reconciling environmental preservation with reducing the energy gap. Only 40% of the African population has access to electricity. Without access to electricity, there is no access to health, education, or industry. Africans should realize that they have the right to access electricity, energy, quality education, and health and to have a fair energy transition. That calls for coordinated work among all stakeholders- the public sector, private sector, and philanthropists. African governments will have to continue investing in infrastructure, especially energy, to provide access. But the private sector also needs to be able to invest because there is money to be made.
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Organized in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the forum concluded with the launch of ATLAS (Agricultural Transitions Lab for African Solutions), a permanent platform for political dialogue and collaboration between Northern countries on one hand, and African and Southern countries on the other.
