Thuli Makama

Africa Director and Senior Advisor

Oil Change International

Thuli Makama is an environmental and human rights lawyer from Swaziland who is currently working as Africa Director and Global South Advisor at Oil Change International. She has dedicated decades to supporting movements and local communities across Africa resisting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and policies that worsen the climate crisis, thus delaying the continent’s just transition to a renewable energy future that prioritizes people over profits. Thuli Makama was named one of the winners of the most prestigious environmental award, The Goldman Prize in 2010 in recognition of her environmental and human rights work in Swaziland.

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