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The Breakthrough Institute hosted the Ecomodernism 2018 dialogue on September 30 to October 2, 2018 in Virginia, USA. The dialogue provided an opportunity to take stock of how critical debates might be shaped to better advance human wellbeing and environmental protection, how policy initiatives might shrink the human footprint while raising economic productivity, and how cross-cutting coalitions of stakeholders and policy-makers might succeed in transforming environmental politics. It also provided a platform for participants to debate on several issues such as climate change, conservation, and urbanization. CSEA ‘s Research Fellow, Precious Akanonu participated in the debate on Energy for development.

CSEA's Research Associate, Mma Amara Ekeruche , participated in the workshop titled “Infrastructure Development in Africa: Trends and Development" organised by Global Economic Governance (GEG) Africa programme, on Friday, 28th September 2018, in Pretoria, South Africa.  The meeting provided a platform for participants to examine Africa's rising debt as well as discuss developing infrastructure as an asset class as a way of mobilizing institutional investments specifically Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) and pension funds for infrastructure development. 

CSEA’s Executive Director, Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena, participated in the Evidence 2018 Conference, supported by the Africa Centre for Evidence, a research centre at the University of Johannesburg and secretariat to the Africa Evidence Network. Grounded in the themes ‘Engage, Understand, Impact’, the Evidence 2018 conference programme focused on four areas of priority in Africa: quality education, communicable diseases, climate resilience, and good governance. Specifically, Evidence2018 aimed to encourage, promote and showcase evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) in Africa, thereby contributing to the development of effective public policies and efficient implementation of services, as well as joint learning on interventions that tackle poverty and equality. The conference took place from 25-28 September 2018 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa