Program
Africa
Africa’s Natural Resources in the Global Energy Transition

Africa is home to more than a dozen countries endowed with both the fossil fuels and mineral resources that are central to the global energy transition. Around the world, global powers are factoring in Africa’s hydrocarbons supplies and reserves of “critical” minerals to their own economic and geopolitical calculus. In their bids to build out their own clean energy supply chains, reconfigure their trade programs, and advance national security priorities, the United States, China, European countries, Persian Gulf countries, and others are all transforming their relationship with the Africa continent.

Hosted under our main Climate Change area of focus, our workstream on Africa’s Natural Resources examines the role of Africa’s natural resources on the continent’s international alignments, trade, and investment; how these paradigms affect the green transition in Africa and the around the world; and how African nations can capitalize on their natural resources to achieve their own development goals.

In The Media
in the media
Africa’s Petrostates Are Missing Out on the Oil Boom — and It Matters

Climate activists might celebrate the contraction in production but countries need to finance their energy transitions.

· August 28, 2024
The Financial Times
commentary
Maximizing the Benefits of the Renewed Global Interest in Africa’s Strategic Minerals

Key insights from a peer-learning negotiation workshop.

· August 15, 2024
commentary
How the AGOA Reauthorization Process Could Help Diversify U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies

The ongoing African Growth and Opportunity Act reauthorization process could facilitate the expansion of U.S.-Africa trade in critical minerals.

· April 30, 2024