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African PoliticsClimate Justice
July 2026 - September 2027

Fadzai Chipato

Climate Justice and Finance in Africa

This project examines structural inequalities in global climate finance and how unmet commitments from developed countries affect trust and cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa. Using policy analysis, case studies, and stakeholder interviews, it explores how climate finance systems can be restructured to promote equity, accountability, and stronger African participation in global climate governance.

Biography

Fadzai Chipato is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Great Zimbabwe University. She holds a PhD in Rural Development and Management Studies from China Agricultural University. Her research adopts intersectional and political economy perspectives, focusing on climate change, just transitions, development-induced displacement, land governance, rural politics, and livelihoods.


Publications

Chipato, Fadzai Resource Grabbing in the Name of Climate Change? The Political Economy of Carbon Markets in Rural Zimbabwe

Journal of Asian and African Studies 2025

Chipato, Fadzai Zimbabwe’s Forest and Energy Projects Reveal the Downside of Carbon Credits

The Conversation 2025

Chipato, Fadzai, and George Mudimu Dispossession in the Name of Climate Change?

Economic and Political Weekly 60 (3), January 18, 2025