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Meggan believes that African cities are places of innovation and potential, where globally relevant solutions are found. She leads the Climate Change, Energy and Resilience workstream at ICLEI Africa, where a diverse team works with African city stakeholders to build resilience, enable low emission development, and improve access to finance and energy. Meggan holds a PhD in Environmental Science and before joining ICLEI Africa worked as a municipal official.

Michael is a researcher with a focus on climate change and energy policy for just transitions in the Global South, and more than ten years of experience working in Southern, West and East Africa, and Latin America. He works at the science-policy interface at the intersection between national and international policy processes, specifically the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. Michael has worked at universities, consultancies and think tanks, and holds a PhD in Climate Policy, and an MPhil in Energy and Development Studies from the University of Cape Town.

Rabia is part of ICLEI Africa's Sustainable Finance Centre, and is committed to advancing finance solutions that drive sustainable development across South Africa and Africa to make finance accessible and impactful for communities. With a strong background in finance and economic development, she focuses on integrating policy, finance, and local impact to address the region’s unique challenges. 

With a background in chemical engineering and renewable energy, Sadie’s interests fall in the broad cross-road between engineering and sustainability. She has grown from an intern to a professional officer at ICLEI Africa and currently works mainly on climate change mitigation (such as quantifying city-level greenhouse gas emissions to help local governments set targets and actions for low-carbon development). She also has a passion for climate finance and project preparation/ development.

Brian’s diverse climate adaptation experience is centred on building coalitions for resilience in communities facing compounded vulnerability. He holds an MPhil in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, with a focus on coastal governance. His appreciation for monitoring, evaluation, and learning stems from a passion for asking questions, listening, and synthesising information. Brian’s project development work has been rooted in testing innovations and finding replicable success.

Erin holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Policy from Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs. She has two years of experience, having worked at a global renewable energy think tank, where she co-authored key reports, led research on energy transitions, and engaged stakeholders across Africa and Europe, and at a South African socio-ecological NGO, where she conducted environmental economics research, collaborating with local communities on invasive species management. Passionate about inclusive sustainability, Erin advocates for environmental policy solutions that drive social equity. Erin holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Cape Town.

Jarita Kassen spent the last two years working at Eyewitness News producing radio news stories and articles on a variety of topics. She is passionate about climate change and sustainability and excited to work in a communications position that addresses these issues. She has experience liaising with local government officials and gained a good understanding of government structures and communicating about political issues during her studies at the University of Cape Town. She has a BA degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and an Honours degree in Political Communications, focusing on media. She also has a diploma in Business French and has dabbled in design and layout, and podcast production. Jarita will be joining the ICLEI Africa team as a Communications Officer for Energy and Climate Change, specifically to support communications for the CoM SSA Secretariat as well as our LoCS4Africa Virtual Congress, and other related campaigns.