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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’économie du développement à l’ère des bouleversements
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Cartographie : corriger la carte de l’Afrique, un enjeu économique et stratégique
Read MoreCartographic Justice for Africa
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Africa’s Interdependence with the Gulf Under Pressure
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Gulf shock: How Iran war could reshape Africa’s economic outlook
Read MoreNews Coverage
Mário Pinto de Andrade exaltado no seu 98.º aniversário
Nacionalista Mário Pinto de Andrade foi defensor inato do pan-africanismo
Pro Vice-Chancellor Lecture by Professor Carlos Lopes
Development economics for an age of upheaval
Restauration des sols africains : les idées visionnaires d’Amílcar Cabral restent d’actualité
I have been featured at:
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From Brazil's @exame, sharing my assessment of COP31 prospects.
'Expectativas muito baixas', diz enviado especial da COP30 para a África sobre COP31 na Turquia |...
Para Carlos Lopes, ex-dirigente da ONU, o contexto geopolítico que afetou Belém ainda pesa sobre as negociações e deve impedir novos acordos
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🌍 Your accent should never decide whether you belong.
From South Africa to the wider continent, language is becoming a weapon of exclusion. 🚫🗣️How can we build African unity while treating fellow Africans as outsiders? Belonging cannot be a pronunciation test. 🤝
🚨 AI has a Japan-sized revenue problem.
Bain puts annual revenue needed by 2031 at $6T. Current services? $1.8T.
The $4.2T gap roughly equals Japan’s ENTIRE 2024 GDP. 🇯🇵
Data centers are racing ahead of demand. Can breakthroughs catch up—or does the bubble burst? 💥
The global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, according to a Bain report https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-29/ai-faces-6-trillion-test-to-justify-data-centers-bain-says?taid=6abb1cd404e39600019eed7e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
In good company, I contributed to this feature in @ProSyn magazine on the status of climate action.
What Next for Global Climate Negotiations?
Arunabha Ghosh, et al identify the most important things to watch at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Antalya.
www.project-syndicate.org
"A Dutch criminal has bought an entire country. The name “Chubby Jos” may be familiar to readers in the Netherlands, where he is a wanted man. But in Sierra Leone—where his vast cocaine-smuggling operation is based—Jos is “afforded the peculiar privilege of not existing”. The
🚨 The AI era just crossed another line. We used to ask whether AI could hack governments? Now we’re seeing AI agents reportedly actually targeting government systems. 🤖💻🏛️
This isn’t science fiction anymore. The real question is no longer whether AI can hack— it’s who
OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents https://ft.trib.al/XLgKu06
In practice, that means learning across these ways of knowing and renewing the institutions that connect knowledge with action. 🤝 Shared purpose is what carries it forward.
🗓️ The manifesto arrives ahead of the 2026 @UNESCO MOST Forum in Paris on 29 and 30 September 2026, where
It's not just about size. We need to repair our idea of African cartography in many ways. It seats at the center of new geo....politics!😱
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