EPD2026: Official Opening
Official Opening Speakers
Website: https://savingcranes.org/
Primarily works through the Kafue Flats Restoration Partnership, a long-term collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and WWF Zambia. It focuses on restoring and sustainably managing the Kafue Flats wetlands—critical habitat for Wattled Cranes, Grey Crowned Cranes and other wildlife—while improving community livelihoods, climate resilience and local benefits from conservation.
Website: https://cejzambia.org/
A Zambian non-governmental organization focused on promoting environmental rights, climate justice, and sustainable natural resource management. It advocates for communities affected by mining and pollution while pushing for stronger environmental laws and corporate accountability.
A vibrant Pentecostal church based in Lusaka, Zambia, known for its dynamic worship services and strong emphasis on faith, healing, and prosperity teaching. Led by Bishop Eddie Mulenga, the church runs community outreach programs, a school, and regular conferences that attract members from across the city.
Website: https://www.twnafrica.org/
A pan-African civil society organisation (headquartered in Ghana) that undertakes research, advocacy and networking on equitable development policies. Its work on minerals and development challenges the concentration of mining benefits with transnational companies and promotes alternatives in which mineral resources drive structural economic transformation, stronger community and workers’ rights, support for artisanal and small-scale mining, greater domestic value addition, and a fairer share of revenues for African countries and people.
Website: https://cornerstone-intl.org/
A Munich-based foundation and non-governmental organisation committed to environmental protection, renewable energy, and sustainable development through community-centred approaches guided by its ethos, Strength through Unity. Operating globally, CsI integrates clean energy, ecosystem protection, youth education, and social inclusion to strengthen environmental resilience while improving long-term livelihoods for communities.
Website: https://www.mgee.gov.zm/
A Zambian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing policies on climate change, environmental protection, forestry, and the transition to a green and circular economy. Established in 2021, it drives national strategies like the National Policy on Climate Change and the Eighth National Development Plan’s focus on sustainable development.
