Upcoming Events
"The new terrain of climate justice, as the African Union meets the G20 in Johannesburg," presented by Prof. Patrick Bond
In a zoom presentation to Africa activists and a global audience on August 12, 2025, Prof. Patrick Bond plunges into pressing issues of climate justice in Africa.
Prof. Patrick Bond, a political economist, is based at the University of Johannesburg, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Social Change. His doctoral studies were at Johns Hopkins University, under David Harvey’s supervision. In 1994 and 1996, he worked in the Reconstruction and Development Ministry within President Nelson Mandela’s office, drafting the democratic government’s first White Paper and other policies. His best-known work is Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa, but he has written or edited a half dozen books on the economy, environment and public policy, including Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below.
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"The State of World Climate 2025, focus Africa: the Climate Crisis is accelerating; what to expect." Prof. Stefan Sommer presents at the Kenya Youth SummitI
Presented via zoom at the Pan African Peace and Climate Justice
Youth Summit in Kisumu, Kenya August 27
Prof. Sommer will address "The State of World Climate 2025, focus Africa: the Climate Crisis is accelerating; what to expect." The rate of global warming has accelerated, and new temperature regimes have reset all climate systems in unexpected ways. Climate Models and weather prediction systems are based on what was once the normal range of variation. Since baselines have shifted, modelers and weather services are scrambling to keep up. The only “New Normal” is that we expect more extremes of every kind. The kinds of droughts that set up the Syrian war and the flooding from Cyclones Freddy and Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi are just examples of what we can expect.
Kenya, Uganda, and most countries across Africa are experiencing these outcomes.
Prof. Sommer is Science Communicator, film producer, author, and public speaker.He is also founding Board member and speaker for the Northern Arizona Climate Change Alliance and speaker for NAU’s Sustainable Ambassadors Program. Prof. SOmmer is also connected to NAU’s Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, with expertise in community ecology, sustainability, climate change, and education outreach. Prof. Sommer writes also for the Arizona Daily Sun as author of the column “Spotlight on Climate” and served as executive producer of four award-winning PBS documentaries on biodiversity and habitat conservation.
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Please also join the coming conference which Prof. Sommer kicks off with this talk. The conference planned during 4 days
starts August 27 in Kenya. Sign up at https://actionnetwork.org/events/panafpcj/.
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6/11/25 What can Economists Possibly have to say about climate Change? by Robert Stavins
5/25/25-Why Acting on Climate is So Difficult?-by Timmons Roberts
3/29/25-Jo Worthy on the Power Matrix-by Jo Worthy
3/9/25-From Chernobyl to Nuclear Weapons: Connecting Anti-Militarism, Peacebuilding, and Climate Justice in Belarus-by Olga Karach
2/23/25-Snow Fail- the State of the World Climate 2025-by Professor Stefan Sommer
2/1/25-Teens Fighting To Rescue & Restore Lake Victoria, Africa-by Millicent Olal-Muchilwa
11/24/24 -How to Stop Banks from Financing Climate Chaos - by Deniz Ozkil
9/2/23 - The Climate Problem - by Professor Stefan Sommer
9/9/2023 - Building a Path Forward - by Professor Stefan Sommer
9/23/23 - Climate Systems - by Greg Murray Ph.D.
10/7/23 - What's so great about Electric Vehicles - by, Bill Manteiga
10/21/23 - Cyclist Unite! - by Adam Shimoni
11/4/23 - Convincing the Unconvinced - by Rod Parnell, Ph.D.
11/18/23 - Green Burial (Sustainable after-life care) - by Lindsey Falkenburg
12/2/23 - Stop the Money Pipeline - by Professor Kim Curtis
12/16/23 - Climate Refugees and Arizona's Future - by Professor Stefan Sommer
1/1/24 - Hydrogen: The Hope and the Hype - by David Spence, M.D.
1/6/24 - Catalyzing Climate Action: Getting from Individual to Collective Action - by Katharina Maier
1/20/24 - Cold Weather Heat Pumps (with built-in A/C) - by Marco Alatorre
2/3/24 - Climate Justice, Community, and Equity - by Dr. Frances Riemer
2/17/24 - Religion and Climate Change - by Roy May, Ph.D.
3/2/24 - Gender and Climate Change: How Women are Leading Us to a More Sustainable Future - by Dr. Frances Riemer
3/26/24 - In the hottest year, where do we stand? Notes from the climate fight - by Bill McKibben
4/6/24 The Faith Community Helps Protect the Earth- by Dr. Tom English
5/25/24 Water, Climate Change and the Southwest - by Darren McCollum
6/27/24 Climate crisis: the need, obstacles, and potential for a just transition to a post fossil society by Dr. Staffan Laestadius, direct from Sweden
6/28/24 Wars in a warming world: synergies between climate change mitigation and conflict prevention by Nina von Uexkull, PhD., direct from Germany
6/29/24 Panel discussion of disarmament for welfare and the environment with East and South by Oleg Bodrov and Soumya Dutta, direct from Russia and India
8/31/24 - Building the Climate Movement by Zachary Brown, PhD
9/14/24 - Urban Cycling: Goals and Lessons for the Future by Adam Shimoni
9/24/24 - Climate is pushing forest fires to unsustainable levels by Dr. Peter Fulé
10/10/24 - End Nuclear Colonialism by Leona Morgan
