International Round Table Sustainable Energy for All?

International Round Table Sustainable Energy for All?
Resistance and Alternatives to the Global Commodification, Deregulation and Privatisation of Energy
TNI Energy Project and the Municipal Services Project (MSP)
Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 August 2002

Co-sponsored by Friends of the Earth Latin America and Oilwatch

Liberalisation of the energy sector is on the increase on a global scale. During the past decade the world has witnessed a series of catastrophic blackouts, skyrocketing energy tariffs, growing corruption, environmental disasters and the collapse of major corporations. The panel will discuss the promised benefits of liberalisation and present concrete examples of resistance and alternative proposals to market-led energy reforms in South Africa and the world. Sustainable energy for all is possible!

• Trevor Ngwane - Soweto Electricity Crisis Committe, South Africa
• Tatiana Roa - CENSAT Agua Viva, Colombia
• Gerardo Honty - CEUTA, Uruguay
• Dieudonne Thang - Global Village, Cameroon
• Patrick Bond - Municipal Services Project, South Africa
• Lucia Schild Ortiz - Friends of the Earth, Brazil
• Agus Sari - Pelangi, Indonesia
• Esperanza Martinez - Oilwatch, Ecuador
• Gabriel Rivas - Amigos de la Tierra, Costa Rica
• John Byrne - University of Delaware, United States