In a zoom presentation to Africa activists and a global audience on August 12, 2025, Prof. Patrick Bond plunges into pressing issues of climate justice in Africa. Note the correct time for this event 3 PM Central European Time or 4 PM East Africa Time. The above notations may be off.

Prof. Patrick Bond, a political economist, is based at the University of Johannesburg, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Social Change. His doctoral studies were at Johns Hopkins University, under David Harvey’s supervision. In 1994 and 1996, he worked in the Reconstruction and Development Ministry within President Nelson Mandela’s office, drafting the democratic government’s first White Paper and other policies. His best-known work is Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa, but he has written or edited a half dozen books on the economy, environment and public policy, including Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below.