Background
The roundtable took place alongside the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2024, convened by the Council on Critical Minerals Development in the Global South facilitated by Sustainable Energy for All, the Institute for Transportation Studies (UC Davis) and Swaniti Global, in partnership with the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
This session brought together leaders from governments, industry, financing institutions, and multilateral development agencies to identify the essential levers of change needed to support the development of local and regional renewable energy manufacturing capabilities, particularly in Africa. It also provided a forum for countries to share current gaps in data, tools, capacities, and policy frameworks that are inhibiting them from fostering domestic value addition and ensuring equitable distribution of benefits. This discussion—anticipating the release of outcomes from the UNSG Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals in September 2024—contributed to deliberations on the implementation phase.
