Reimagining Environmental Peacebuilding in Africa [EnPAx Africa Interest Group]

Date & Time
Jun 19, 2026 | 14.00 - 15.30

Participants
Chair: Sarah Njeri, SOAS University of London (Kenya/United Kingdom)
Larry A. Swatuk, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Claudia DAndrea, Independent (South Africa)
Daniel Salau Rogei, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

This roundtable explores innovative approaches to environmental peacebuilding across Africa, examining how environmental restoration, resource management, and climate adaptation can serve as pathways to sustainable peace. As Africa faces mounting environmental challenges—from desertification to water scarcity to climate-induced migration—traditional peacebuilding frameworks must evolve to address the complex nexus between environmental degradation and conflict.

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Peacebuilding in Southern Africa: Critical Reflections on 30+ Years of Theory and Practice

Larry A. Swatuk, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Transboundary Environment Peacebuilding in East Africa and beyond

William John Walwa, University of Dar es Salaam, (Tanzania)
Claudia D’Andrea

Mediating Inclusion in the (Un)just Energy Transition in Africa: A Case of South Africa’s Green Hydrogen in Namaqualand and Kenya’s Geothermal in Mt. Suswa

Daniel Salau Rogei, Stellenbosch Univiersity (South Africa)