New Climate Talks for Everyone, focus Africa.
August 27th , 28th and 29th
During three days in August, the 27 to 29 numerous presentations will take place in Nairobi Kenya at the PCJ Peace and Climate Justice Youth Summit. Topics range from climate change impacts in Africa, BICS, plastic pollution in Africa, to oil and gas ruination in Africa and the Planet. Featured speakers include Prof. Stefan Sommer from the US, Prof. Patrick Bond, from South Africa, Dr.Jackson Kisangani from DR Congo, and several activist organizers from Kenya, Uganda, Congo and elsewhere.
Zoom transmssions and live presentations followed by discussions will be at fixed Africa hours, but do check your local time. Note 9 AM Nairobi time corresponds to 8 AM European time, 7 AM Kinshasa time, and 11 PM Arizona time. These talks will be recorded. Individuals are encouraged to have watch parties where friends and neighbors over coffee or tea or water can watch the recordings or even the live presentation and discuss.
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2026 Climate Talks for Everyone
6/14/26 Hot take – Cycling Research is in Fact Pro Car, by Katja Kircher
5/30/26 Nature and Spirituality, by Rev. Payton Hoegh
4/11/26 A New Era of Climate Migration, by Julian Hattem
3/14/26 Carbon Capture Storage, by Jonas Allesson
2/15/26 - Climate Change affects on health and its consequences for the environment, society, and healthcare, by Andreas Vilhelmsson
Talks Archive
12/24/25 - Victims of a brutal fire, high schoolers urge Make Polluters Pay, Part 2, by Steve Engelmann
12/24/25 - Victims of a brutal fire, high schoolers urge Make Polluters Pay, Part I., by Steve Engelmann
12/13/25 - Weather and Climate Communications: Challenges and Solutions, by Micheal Carmon
11/15/25 - Community Choice Energy, an Alternative Electricity Model, by Erin Mahan
10/7/25 - Local Power to Global Resilience, by Erin Mahan
8/30/25 - State of the World Climate by Stefan Sommer PhD
8/27/25 - Youth at The Heart Of Peace and Climate Justice by Lydia Leonard
8/27/25 - Youth organizing by Jackson Kasangani
8/27/25 - Grass roots organizing, story of self, and Lessons from Marshall Ganz (and Barack Obama) by Rolf vom Dorp
8/27/25 - The Power Of Women In Climate Action And Peace Building, by Linda Charles Mapuda
8/27/25 - Peace and climate justice needs everyone, by Tord Björk
8/27/25 - Racism Fuels the Climate Crises, by Amen Allah Azzoune
8/27/25 - Violent Conflict, Climate Change, Peace and Justice, focus Africa, by Mghase Imanuel
8/27/25 - From War Machines to Green Futures: Disarmament as Climate Justice, focus Africa. by Akhar Bandyopadhyay
8/27/25 - How Climate Change is Destroying Africa, focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo-by Dr. Jackson Kasangani
8/12/25 - The new terrain of climate justice, as the African Union meets the G20 in Johannesburg, by Patrick Bond
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
10/10/24 - End Nuclear Colonialism by Leona Morgan
9/24/24 - Climate is pushing forest fires to unsustainable levels by Dr. Peter Fulé
9/14/24 - Urban Cycling: Goals and Lessons for the Future by Adam Shimoni
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
6/28/24 - Wars in a warming world: synergies between climate change mitigation and conflict prevention by Nina von Uexkull, PhD., direct from Germany
6/27/24 - Climate crisis: the need, obstacles, and potential for a just transition to a post fossil society by Dr. Staffan Laestadius, direct from Sweden
5/25/24 - Water, Climate Change and the Southwest by Darren McCollum (5/25/24)
4/6/24 - The Faith Community Helps Protect the Earth by Dr. Tom English
3/26/24 - In the hottest year, where do we stand? Notes from the climate fight by Bill McKibben
3/2/24 - Gender and Climate Change: How Women are Leading Us to a More Sustainable Future by Dr. Frances Riemer
2/17/24 - Religion and Climate Change by Roy May, Ph.D.
2/3/24 - Climate Justice, Community, and Equity by Dr. Frances Riemer
1/20/24 - Cold Weather Heat Pumps (with built-in A/C) by Marco Alatorre
1/6/24 - Catalyzing Climate Action: Getting from Individual to Collective Action by Katharina Maier
1/1/24 - Hydrogen: The Hope and the Hype by David Spence, M.D.
12/16/23 - Climate Refugees and Arizona's Future by Professor Stefan Sommer
12/2/23 - Stop the Money Pipeline by Professor Kim Curtis
11/18/23 - Green Burial (Sustainable after-life care) by Lindsey Falkenburg
11/4/23 - Convincing the Unconvinced by Rod Parnell, Ph.D.
10/21/23 - Cyclist Unite! by Adam Shimoni
10/7/23 - What's so great about Electric Vehicles by Bill Manteiga
9/23/23 - Climate Systems by Greg Murray Ph.D.
9/9/23 - Building a Path Forward by Professor Stefan Sommer
9/2/23 - Refugees & Climate Change, large-scale of human migration due to climate disaster by Professor Stefan Sommer
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