Leveraging Green Industrialisation for a Just Transition – Africa-Europe Cooperation

We are excited to announce the publication of a new ETTG policy brief titled “Leveraging Green Industrialisation for a Just Transition: Africa-Europe Cooperation.” This insightful brief authored by Damien Barchiche (IDDRI), Alfonso Medinilla (ECDPM), Catherine Kilelu (ACTS), Sébastien Treyer (IDDRI) and Chukwumerije Okereke, (CCCD) offers a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities in fostering a just green transition through Africa-Europe collaboration. The publication builds on the multi stakeholder discussions held in our Nairobi event in May 2024.

Key Messages

The policy brief highlights five crucial aspects of Africa-Europe cooperation for green industrialization:

1. Bridging Priorities for a Just Green Transition: The brief emphasizes the need to align Africa’s focus on inclusive economic transformation through green industrialization with Europe’s pursuit of strategic autonomy in green energy and critical raw materials.
2. Addressing Climate (In)justice: It underscores the importance of tackling disparities in financial access, technological advances, climate impact, and value chain power between the two continents.
3. Moving Beyond Extractive Relationships: The authors advocate for transforming Africa-Europe relations from extractive models to genuine equal partnerships, crucial for mutual prosperity and strategic interests.
4. Building Shared Technology and Innovation Ecosystems: The brief calls for significant investment in technology and innovation, with a focus on local research capacities and context-specific solutions in Africa.
5. Innovative Financing for Sustainable Industrialization: It proposes new financial instruments and collaborative investment strategies to support green industrialization in Africa, emphasizing fair distribution of benefits and risks.

Find the brief available here