Agathe Maupin is a Research Fellow in the Global Powers and Africa / Governance of Africa’s Resources Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in Johannesburg. She is an expert on water and energy resources management in Southern Africa as well as EU external energy relations with Africa. In the project, Agathe investigates EU-South Africa energy relations as cross-cutting issue especially within the realm of climate change policies and within the regional context of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP).