What: COP26 Leaders' Event - Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit

Where: Meeting room 4, Zone F (in front of plenary rooms)/ also available on livestream here: https://bit.ly/31nTtIW

When: 14:15-15:45 on Tuesday 2nd November

Followed by press conference

When: 16:00-16:30

Where: Press Conference Room Durdle Door, Area D - Ground Floor

The future of Africa depends on global action and firm resource commitments to support climate adaptation. The recent IPCCC report highlighted the continent is the most vulnerable to climate change. The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit is the moment at COP26 for African heads of state and government to outline how they are ready to play their part to build resilience across the continent. They will outline the commitments made and the actions required by global partners for a sustainable future.

Confirmed speakers

Host's Keynote address

Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chair of the African Union

Keynotes

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Bill Gates, co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group

Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

COP26 - Worldwide leaders gather for largest summit on climate

African and other global leaders came together at COP26 in Glasgow yesterday for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit, the largest summit to date on climate adaptation. The summit called for the rest of the world to ramp up its support for the African continent as it adapts to the adverse   effects of climate change, including devastating human impacts in Madagascar, where 1.3 million people live under food distress following four years of no rain.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization

Alok Sharma, President for COP26

Leaders' interventions

João Lourenço, President of Angola

Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana

Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi

Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cape Verde

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of Central African Republic

Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros

Adama Barrow, President of Gambia

Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana

Umaro Mokhtar Embaló, President of Guinea Bissau

Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya

Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar

Lazarus Chakwera, President of Malawi

Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique

Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger

Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

Wavel Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles

Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone

Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania

Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo

Moderation

Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of Global Center on Adaptation