Reimagining Environmental Peacebuilding in Africa [EnPAx Africa Interest Group]

Date & Time
Jun 19, 2026 | 14.00 - 15.30

Participants
Sarah Njeri, SOAS University of London (United Kingdom)
Daniel Salau Rogei, Stellenbosch Univiersity (South Africa)
Claudia DAndrea (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. Convenors: Sarah Njeri – SOAS, University of London (on behalf of the African Interest Group) Co-Convenor: Larry Swatuk - larry.swatuk@uwaterloo.ca We invite the Scientific Committee to allocate paper submissions to this proposed roundtable. While we propose this as a roundtable discussion, we are open to it being a panel presentation

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)