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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Africa Pavilion @ COP28


30 November  - 12 December 2023. 

  • nutrition-related COP28 events listed on the UN-Nutrition website
  • Food Pavilion (hosted by CGIAR, FAO, IFAD and the Rockefeller Foundation)
  • Food Systems Pavilion (hosted by the Netherlands)
  • Health Pavilion (hosted by WHO)
  • Food4Climate Pavilion (hosted by ProVeg)
  • Africa Pavilion hosted by the African Development Bank, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), in collaboration with other regional entities, including the Africa Risk Capacity

Africa Pavilion

African regional organizations and partners jointly host an Africa Pavilion to provide a platform for
discussion and ensure that Africa’s concerns and priorities are adequately considered during the climate change negotiation process. At COP28, the African Development Bank will help reshape the global narrative on key issues such as energy transition, nature-based solutions, adaptation finance, reform of multilateral development banks, carbon markets and restitution for loss and damage.

The Bank’s key areas of focus at COP28 will be:
  1. Increasing Climate Finance
  2. Scaling up Adaptation Action
  3. Just Energy Transition
  4. Green infrastructure

The summit will also see the launch of the Africa and Middle East ‘Scaling-up Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation for Economic Development’ initiative. The program seeks to mobilize at least $10 billion to address the climate and food security nexus of the two regions. The Bank will contribute to this initiative via its flagship Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program.

Follow COP28 on the following AfDB channels:


30 November 2023. AfDB - Scaling Up Climate Action Finance in Africa

With Mr Kevin KARIUKI, Vice-President Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank.

Resource:
AFDB (2023) Climate related funds and initiatives at the African Development Bank # 30 p.


See Video day 2

See Video day 2

1 December 2023.  15:30 – 16:30 (GMT+4). Adaptation Finance Summit For Africa at COP28

See Video day 2

By: AfDB Group, Global Center on Adaptation, African Union Commission, The Government of
Kenya, Government of Senegal        
  • The summit took stock of progress, secure further commitments to the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), and accelerate climate adaptation implementation across the continent.
  • The summit featured presentations by African leaders showcasing national adaptation investment compacts, keynote addresses by the heads of event partners, the COP28 President, and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.
  • The event was co-hosted: by Kenyan President William Ruto, chair of the African Climate Summit; President Macky Sall of Senegal; Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group; H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of African Union Commission, and Patrick V. Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation.


3 December 2023.  23:15 (GMT+4) Desert to Power Ministerial Steering Committee

See Video day 4


5 December 2023. 23:15 (GMT+4) Great Green Wall Initiative 

See video of day 6

5 December 2023. 12:00 – 13:30 AUDA-NEPAD: Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security through Climate Action


See video of day 6

6 December 2023. AUDA-NEPAD: Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security through Climate Action

See video of day 7

6 December 2023. ECA - Africa Climate Resilient Invest-ment Facility (AFRI-RES)

See video of day 7



8 December⋅14:00 – 15:00 The African Climate Foundation: Investing in Transformative Agriculture

See video of day 9

8 December⋅20:15 – 21:00 GCCA+ Programme

The Intra African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) is a programme funded by the European Union to increase the capabilities of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States and countries in the ACP region to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, and have their voices better heard in international climate change negotiations.

See video of day 9


9 December⋅12:00 – 13:30 AUDA-NEPAD: Attracting Largescale Investment to Accelerating Forest Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration for Increased Agriculture and Food Security in Africa

See video of day 10

9 December⋅14:00 – 15:00 AUDA-NEPAD: Accelerating Action on Soil Health for climate-resilient food systems in Africa

See video of day 10

10 December⋅12:00 – 13:30 AUDA-NEPAD: Ministerial Segment on investment for climate adaptation through Africa's food systems transformation

See video of day 11

10 December⋅15:30 – 17:00 AUDA-NEPAD: Leveraging investments and financing mechanisms for national food systems & climate coordinated plans, with a focus on Africa and smallholders

See video of day 11


11 December AfDB - Advancing Circular Economy for Climate Resilience in Africa


12 December WWF: Africa’s ecological food future: Redirecting Policies and Investments 

The report entitled “Analysis of the Implications of Africa’s Food Systems Development on Environmental Sustainability” as jointly commissioned by Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) of the CGIAR (formerly known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), and the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The report is available for downloading here.

The report has been released at a side event on COP28, held on 12th December 2023. 
  • Dr. Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said: ”Ensuring equitable climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, optimization of water-energy-food-environmental systems, good governance of natural resources, and innovations for food and environmental systems is critical to ensure food and nutrition security in the face of challenges.

    See for the transcript of Claudia's intervention:     Analysis of the Implications of Africa’s Food Systems Development on Environmental Sustainability

12 December⋅15:30 – 17:00 Promoting Youth and Women-Centered Climate Investments for Resilient Agrifood Systems in Africa

See video of day 13

https://vimeo.com/event/3906426

Related:


Mrs Estherine Lisinge-Fotabong (AUDA-NEPAD) speaking on Loss and Damage

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