Wildlife Global Summit takes place in Cape Town, November 2024
The United States’ Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer Littlejohn jets to Cape Town in South Africa where she gets to join the United Kingdom’s Prince William at the United for Wildlife Global Summit.
The United for Wildlife is essentially a brainchild of Prince William and The Royal Foundation of the United Kingdom.
United for Wildlife is aimed at protecting endangered species from illegal wildlife trade.
The Cape Town summit brings together more than 300 global leaders from law enforcement agencies, conservation organisations and private sector companies who are part of the United for Wildlife Network.
It will highlight their pioneering work to drive policy change and support criminal investigations, while galvanising a re-doubling of effort in the collective fight to end the illegal wildlife trade for good.
During the event, speakers will announce new policies and unveil global partnerships to help end the illegal wildlife trade, which is worth up to USD 20 billion per year and is associated with violent crime, corruption, and other forms of trafficking.
The U.S Assistant Secretary of State Jennifer Littlejohn will also attend the Earthshot Prize, a global environmental award for contributions in environmentalism.
Prince William seems to have become a keen environmental campaigner, like his father King Charles III, and is the one who set up the Earthshot Prize in 2020.
The Prize was inspired by Prince William’s last visit to Africa six years ago in 2018, a trip which also took him to Mkomazi National Park in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania.
Prince William spent a week at the Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary in Northern Tanzania.
On the other hand, during her visit to South Africa, the U.S Acting Assistant Secretary Littlejohn will also meet with government officials and other regional partners to advance the United States’ policy priorities related to water security and wildlife trafficking.
They will also be addressing issues of Atlantic cooperation, space affairs as well as nature and marine conservation.