Most of us don’t think twice about flipping a switch to get light and heat. Yet many people in the world don’t enjoy such easy access to energy, particularly in Africa—and climate change is making things worse. Global warming is expected to melt Africa’s remaining glaciers in just a few decades, reducing the necessary water for agricultural production and leading to food insecurity, poverty and population displacement. In a region such as the Sahel, between Senegal and Sudan, unpredictable rainfall, droughts and floods are killing crops and reducing yield. And by 2030, Southern Africa is expected to experience a 20% decrease in rainfall. In today’s webinar, Ivan Amanigaruhanga, who works with the Climate and Clean Energy Transition Agenda in Africa at the World Resources Institute and is a former WWF Regional Energy Officer, joins us from Uganda to discuss these sobering facts. He will provide historical perspective on climate challenges and how to improve energy access for all, including those in the most rural reaches of Africa. Ivan will show why Africa has been disproportionately affected by climate change and explains the paradox of energy poverty amidst plenty of renewable energy resources. Learn why global energy access is so unbalanced and how future research and policies can more accurately reflect and influence the peculiarities of the problem across many geographic sectors of our planet.