Abstract A growing number of scholars assert that the second half of the century will be the African century. But the question is how exactly, and with which perspectives. This is the challenge of the African youth. Africa’s young are eagerly searching for their place in globalization. The global environmental challenge provides the best opportunity for the continent’s new generation for two reasons: because Africa will be most affected by climate change, and because it is ideally suited to be at the forefront of the emerging renewable energy business, including solar and wind energy. Moreover, taking care of the environment could be a decisive carrier of inter-generational understanding and ethnic reconciliation. In an international knowledge economy, Africa’s youth needs first and foremost an educational initiative at the forefront of global knowledge combining activism with research and policy in order to fulfill such ambition.

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非洲，走向绿色！欧洲大陆青年成为全球环境领导者的新倡议需要将行动主义与知识、研究和政策相结合

摘要 越来越多的学者断言，本世纪下半叶将是非洲世纪。但问题是究竟如何，以及从哪些角度。这是非洲青年面临的挑战。非洲的年轻人急切地在全球化中寻找自己的位置。全球环境挑战为非洲大陆的新一代提供了最佳机会，原因有二：因为非洲受气候变化的影响最大，以及因为它非常适合处于新兴可再生能源业务的最前沿，包括太阳能和风能. 此外，爱护环境可以成为代际理解和民族和解的决定性载体。在国际知识经济中，