Led by CDKN and SouthSouthNorth, the Africa Resilience Hub is one of four regional hubs of the COP27 Resilience Hub, which serves as the home to the Race to Resilience campaign, representing over 1,500 non-state actors taking action on resilience around the world.
The Regional Resilience Hubs aim to ensure the voices and perspectives of traditionally under-represented communities are heard and amplified to a global audience. They illuminate and communicate regional priorities, actions, solutions and challenges.
The Africa Resilience Hub's virtual event comprises 16 sessions on a diverse range of regional priority topics, including private sector solutions and community-led and bottom-up adaptation financing, climate-resilient farming and food systems, locally-led adaptation and extreme heat in African cities, cultural and heritage as a driver of climate resilience, the role of tech start-ups in building resilience amongst vulnerable households and businesses, and achieving food security through healthy and productive soils.
The Regional Resilience Hubs aim to ensure the voices and perspectives of traditionally under-represented communities are heard and amplified to a global audience. They illuminate and communicate regional priorities, actions, solutions and challenges.
The Africa Resilience Hub's virtual event comprises 16 sessions on a diverse range of regional priority topics, including private sector solutions and community-led and bottom-up adaptation financing, climate-resilient farming and food systems, locally-led adaptation and extreme heat in African cities, cultural and heritage as a driver of climate resilience, the role of tech start-ups in building resilience amongst vulnerable households and businesses, and achieving food security through healthy and productive soils.
The inaugural event of this year’s Africa Regional Resilience Hub was held on 31 August 2022 at Africa Climate Week in Libreville, Gabon, and online. The CDKN-hosted event focussed on strategies for unlocking finance for locally-led action. Speakers called for governments and development finance institutions to be better prepared to respond to communities’ priorities for climate resilience.
Featured panelists came from organisations working on climate change adaptation and resilience in African communities: Alpha Ndungu of Hivos East Africa, Sarah Weruka of Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Uganda, Melanie Chirwa of SDI Malawi, and Esperanza Karaho of Adaptation Consortium, Kenya. The event was welcomed by CDKN’s Michelle Du Toit and moderated by Ameil Harikishun of the Global Resilience Partnership.
A second Africa Hub event at Africa Climate Week – ‘Looking to COP27 from the regional level: Critical asks and solutions from the ground’ – showcased how communities are advancing locally-led adaptation through governance and finance models.
19/09. 09:30 - 11:30 AM. The importance of transforming smallholder irrigation schemes
This session focused on the role of smallholder irrigation schemes in building resilient food systems and fostering nutrition security in Africa.- Dr Theo De Jager Board Chair, FANRPAN
- Neil Lazarow Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
- Ahmed Elmekass Coordinator, AU-SAFGRAD, African Union Commission
- Dr Andre F van Rooyen ICRISAT – TISA Project Team
- Ms Mary Sakala Eastern & Southern Africa Farmers’ Forum (EAFF)
- Inga Jacobs-Mata Regional representative, International Water Management Institute
- Amy Sullivan Development Consultant, Bridgewater Consulting S.P.
- Loreen Katiyo Transboundary Water Governance and Environment Specialist, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa
- Prof James Pittock Australian National University, TISA Project Principal Investigator
- Dr Tshilidzi Madzivhandila FANRPAN CEO & Head of Mission
- Dr Njongenhle Nyoni Capacity Strengthening Manager, FANRPAN
- Dr Veronica Doerr Research Programme Manager Climate
Sep 19, 2022. 03:00 - 04:30 PM. Climate actions for sustainable food security, socio-economic wellbeing, and decent life on planet earth
This session aims to facilitate discussion on water scarcity, ecosystem vulnerability and impacts on vulnerable groups.Sep 20, 2022. 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM. Can living labs promote food systems transformation towards regeneration and inclusivity? Experiences from REFOOTURE
The session explored the long-term potential, challenges and limits of living labs to foster food systems transformation. The REFOOTURE project collects evidence, identifies pathways and supports collaboration in innovation for regenerative and inclusive food systems in Eastern Africa. It does this through mobilising innovation capacity and strengthening the enabling environment via living labs in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. Scientists from WUR and East Africa collaborate in this project together with a broad range of stakeholders in the food system. In May and June 2022, the REFOOTURE Living Labs have visited each other’s for reflection and learning on the way of working and their challenges.- This video has wrapped up the main lessons learned.
- Lessons from the First Round Table Dialogue on Living Labs in East Africa_REFOOTURE.pdf
- Lessons from the Second Round Table Dialogue on Living Labs in East Africa_REFOOTURE.pdf
Speakers
- Tewodros Tefera - Living Lab Manager Ethiopia
- Grace Karanja - Director Environment in Nakuru County
- Sylvia Kuria - organic farmer, champion of Nakuru Living Lab;
- Patrick Enaku - Uganda Living Lab
- Gezahegn Brecha - Ethiopian Living Lab
- Karin Andeweg - Wageningen University & Research
- Gonne Beekman - Wageningen University & Research
- Prof Bockline Omedo Bebe - Nakuru Living Lab
Sep 20, 2022 03:00 - 04:30 PM Promoting climate resilient food systems for increased agricultural productivity and food security
delivery models for food crops, enabled through Agri-SME’s (incl women and youth-led) investments.
- Rachel Japan - Isowelu AMCOS Ltd, Tanzania
- Malimi Sitta - Manager of VIBINJO Cooperative, Tanzania
- Phelix Kwemboi - UG – Sebei Farmers SACCO
- Fatuma Namutosi - Byeffe Foods Limited
- Diana Michael - Chief Accounting Officer, East Africa Fruits Co., Tanzania
- John Recha - Climate Resilient Farmer Field (ILRI/CCAFS)
- Laureen Njuguna - Farmer representative: Starlight Cooperative
- Nancy Mwangi - Managing Director, Quinam Investment, Kenya
- Fridah Gacheri - Sector Leader-Agriculture at SNV in Rwanda
Sep 21, 2022 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Achieving food security in Africa through healthy and productive soils
- Sihle Matiwane - SouthSouthNorth, South Africa
- Kum Christian Teghe - SEEADO/University of Bamenda/ACISA Cameroon
- Justin Shirima - Tanganyika Farmers Association, Tanzania
- Nuru Mohammad - Afar Pastoral and Agropastoral Research Institute, Ethiopia
- Theresa Kinkese - GIZ, Zambia
- Wanjeri Obi - African Technology Policy Studies Network, Kenya
- Olitina Ratovo - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Madagascar
- Ermias Betemariam - Coalition of Action For Soil Health, Ethiopia
Related:
31 August - 2 September 2022. Africa Climate week 2022
ACW 2022 provided a platform for governments, cities, private sector leaders, financial institutions and civil society to discuss opportunities to build forward from the pandemic by identifying opportunities to enhance climate action. The event brought together key stakeholders to take the pulse of climate action in the region, explore climate challenges and opportunities and showcase ambitious solutions.The event was hosted by the Government of Gabon and jointly co-organized by the UN Climate Change, the global partners UN Development Programme, UN Environment Programme and the World Bank Group and the partners based in Africa.
Extract: Track 1. Blended Finance to Support African SMEs to Scale Transformative Climate Solutions
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