Melting the Ice: African Perspectives on Climate Change

No-one can predict the consequences of climate change with complete certainty,
but it is accepted by many that climate  change presents serious global risks. 
Africa is faced both with tremendous threats and great opportunities.  It is set to
be damaged the most, and yet has probably benefited the least from the causes of
climate change.  But it also has the  opportunity to develop and adopt new,
appropriate and sustainable technologies.  Yet African voices – ranging from
sceptical to the passionately converted - are largely absent from the international
debate on climate change.
 
This symposium brings together a cross-disciplinary group to give voice to this
range of perspectives, and to discuss how artists, technologists and scientists can
lead African responses to climate change. 
 
Contributions from Baaba Maal (singer); Dr Camilla Toulmin (IIED); Elsie Owusu
(architect); Diran Adebayo (writer); Giles Foden (writer); HE Annan Cato (Ghana High
Commissioner); Heather Ackroyd (artist); Jessica Antwi-Boasiako (filmmaker); Lord Hunt of
Chesterton (UCL); Robert Taylor (photographer); Romuald Hazoumé (artist); Ali
Mohammed (NEPAD); National Theatre of Ghana; Sunand Prasad (President, RIBA);
Yinka Shonibare MBE (Turner Prize nominee)
 
Chaired by Margaret Busby OBE (publisher and playwright) 
 
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