Eleventh Conference On Climate Change and Development in Africa

30 August 2023
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What: Eleventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA - XI) - Green Growth and Climate Finance for Africa and the World

Who: African Development Bank, African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Government of Kenya

When: 1-2 September 2023

Where: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

The African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and the African Development Bank--members of Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa)--will host the Eleventh annual conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA) on the 1st and 2nd of September 2023 at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

The conference will bring together African stakeholder groups to discuss key climate change and development challenges and to identify opportunities and solutions. Among the expected participants are Afreximbank, East Africa Farmers Federation, Africa Energy Access Initiative, and African Legal Support Facility.

The ClimDev-Africa partners, in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry and with the support of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), will hold the conference as the technical segment of the Africa Climate Summit under the latter's overarching theme, African Solidarity for Global Climate Action.

The conference's subthemes include:

Energy transition/renewable energy.

Extractive industries, mining, critical minerals, and manufacturing powering the just transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient development pathways.

Agriculture, Nature Based Solutions, and the Blue Economy.

Resilient infrastructure and urbanization.

More information on the Eleventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa: https://www.uneca.org/eca-events/CCDA-XI

More information on the ClimDev Africa Special Fund: https://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-partnerships/climate-for-development-in-africa-climdev-africa-initiative

Media contact: Sonia Borrini, Communication and Knowledge Management, Climate Change and Green Growth Department | email : [email protected]

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