Climate Crisis & the Green Energy Transition – Congo Week ’24
Join us as we explore the critical role of the Congo in addressing the global climate crisis with a discussion on “Climate Crises & the Green Energy Transition.” This event focuses on the evolution of Congo’s environmental sector, highlighting both the current challenges and the immense potential of the Congo Basin in combating climate change. Leaders from the Congo Basin Coalition will share insights into their goal of protecting this vital ecosystem, which serves as one of the planet’s most important carbon sinks.
As the world shifts toward a green energy transition, the Congo Basin’s resources are increasingly in the spotlight, but the question remains—can the Congo lead the way in sustainable solutions while safeguarding its people and environment from exploitation? This timely conversation is sponsored by a dedicated group from South Africa, offering an international perspective on how to ensure equitable climate justice for the Congo and beyond.
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Breaking the Silence Congo Week is a week of activities that commemorates the millions of lives lost in the Congo conflict while celebrating the enormous human and natural potential that exists in the country. Communities throughout the globe join in partnership with Congolese each year during the third week of October to screen films, hold teach-ins and forums, organize rallies, host fundraisers, put on concerts and undertake many other activities to elevate the profile of the Congo throughout the globe. Students and community organizers initiated Congo Week in 2008. Religious leaders, scholars, intellectuals, artists, and ordinary people throughout the globe also got involved to acknowledge the lives of the Congolese people and their pursuit for human dignity.
Purpose:
Since 2008, Congo Week has galvanized the participation of people in over 75 countries and 600 university campuses and communities. The purpose of Congo Week is to raise global consciousness about the situation in the Congo and advocate for peace, justice and human dignity in partnership with the Congolese people.