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Recognition for Carlos Lopes Work
Member of the International Commission of Experts on Financing for Development, Government of Spain & United Nations, Madrid & New York
Government of Spain & United Nations | Jul 2024
First Class Order of Zayed II, bestowed by the United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Abhu Dhabi Media Office | May 2024
Member of the G20 Task Force on a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change
Brazilian Government | Feb 2024
One of 100 most influential black personalities of the Lusophone World
Bantumen 100 Powerlist | Dec 2022
Confirmed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a member of the prestigious Committee for Development Policy for the period 2022 to 2024.
United Nations Economic and Social Council | Apr 2022
New Chair of the Board and Advisory Council of the African Climate Foundation
African Climate Foundation | Apr 2022
Appointed as > Foundational Fellow of the International Science Council
International Science Council | Mar 2022
Recognised by the African report as one of the 100 most influential Africans
The Africa Report | Oct 2019
Latest Blogs
L’Afrique ne reçoit que 23 % du financement climatique dont elle a besoin et paie le prix fort pour cela
Read MoreAfrica gets only 23% of the climate finance it needs – and pays too much for it
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Climate Diplomacy as Development Statecraft
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L’économie du développement à l’ère des bouleversements
Read MoreDevelopment Economics for an Age of Upheaval
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Cartographie : corriger la carte de l’Afrique, un enjeu économique et stratégique
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Carlos Lopes diz que fragilidade institucional alimenta instabilidade política na Guiné-Bissau
Alianza Ceibo é a vencedora do Prémio Gulbenkian para a Humanidade deste ano
African Inequality Review to fill in the gaps for policymakers
Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action
The United Nations Votes 164-1 to “Correct the Map” on Africa’s Size
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"Africa’s structural transformation cannot be judged against an industrial model that is being reshaped by technology, decarbonisation, and geopolitics. Carlos Lopes argues that the next decade should focus less on sectoral labels and more on the productive capabilities that
"On Friday Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a lawyer, became the fifth South African to win the Nobel peace prize. Meanwhile, in Johannesburg, thugs armed with machetes tried to storm the complex housing the Constitutional Court."
Friday in South Africa brought a gobsmacking juxtaposition, writes John McDermott, our Chief Africa correspondent https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/10/13/analysing-africa-newsletter-a-nobel-and-ignoble-day-for-the-rule-of-law?taid=6ace69799334400001312ba1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
🇲🇦✈️ Morocco’s aerospace sector already employs 25,000 people across 160 companies. Airbus now plans a third factory, expanding its industrial footprint by 30%, plus a helicopter maintenance hub serving West Africa. 🚁 African industrial ambition taking flight!
What a joy. Nothing to do with some bizarre twists deceiving the Nobel Peace Prize that we have seen of late.
2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career. Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer,
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