Dhesigen Naidoo is a Senior Research Associate on African Futures & Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa) Pretoria. He is also Chief Executive Officer of the Water Research Commission (WRC), South Africa's dedicated National Water and Sanitation Innovation, Research and Development Agency, President of the global NGO Human Right 2 Water and a founding member of the Water Policy Group. He has served in senior positions in the South African national government and South African universities. Naidoo is a Councillor of the South African National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) and a Fellow of the Mapangubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA). 

Bio adapted from IDEES.

Session: 

• Advancing joint action on climate and food security
• State of play: Critical minerals and the renewable energy transition

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