Makoma Lekalaka

Executive Director

Earthlife Africa

Makoma Lekalakala is the Director of Earthlife Africa and has been a leader in social movements tackling gender, women’s rights, economic, and environmental justice issues. Her commitment to climate justice in South Africa led civil society to win the first South African climate change legal case against the government and the reversal of the nuclear deal by SA and the Russian government for which she received the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa 2018 and SAB Environmentalist of the year 2018. Ms. Lekalakala has her roots as a liberation fighter and is a strong campaigner for a just and fair society.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	‘Women, Climate, and the Just Transition’ Concurrent Room MH 1-2	Join the Wallace Global Fund, Trust Africa, and the SHINE Campaign for a conversation with African movement leaders on the urgent need and growing opportunities to build Read More Join the Wallace Global Fund, Trust Africa, and the SHINE Campaign for a conversation with African movement leaders on the urgent need and growing opportunities to build cross-sectoral collaborations to address climate as a problem of systemic inequality, while delivering women-led, community-based solutions advancing gender and economic justice. It will answer: How to realize a just energy transition in the Global South, from stopping fossil fuel extraction to delivering clean renewable energy for all, through a feminist approach that integrates both climate justice and SDG agendas? What collaborations and resources are needed to support feminist organizations leading on climate in Africa, and to scale community-based renewable energy that delivers economic and social benefits for women? Session format: Thought leadership Organized by Wallace Global Fund, TrustAfrica, SHINE Campaign Read Less Speakers Makoma Lekalaka Executive Director Earthlife Africa Ellen Dorsey Executive Director Wallace Global Fund Sheila Oparaocha Director Energia Network Thuli Makama Africa Director and Senior Advisor Oil Change International Jacqueline Patterson Founder and Executive Director The Chisholm Legacy Project