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The Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2023 will take place from 4-8 September 2023 in Nairobi, hosted by the government of Kenya. ACW 2023 will be organized in parallel with the African Climate Action Summit on 4-6 September, also hosted by Kenya and also the 11th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XI) organised by the African Union Commission (AUC).
The Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2023 will take place from 4-8 September 2023 in Nairobi, hosted by the government of Kenya. ACW 2023 will be organized in parallel with the African Climate Action Summit on 4-6 September, also hosted by Kenya and also the 11th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XI) organised by the African Union Commission (AUC).
Climate change is one of the major impediments to Africa’s development, with increasing episodes of drought and its consequences for drinking water supplies and food security. This will be at the heart of discussions in Nairobi during African Climate Week (ACW 2023). ACW 2023 and all the Regional Climate Weeks provide a platform for policy-makers, practitioners, businesses and civil society to exchange views on climate solutions, the obstacles to be overcome and the opportunities realised in the different regions. This is supported by UN Climate, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the African Union (AU) and a number of development finance institutions, including the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
As part of the ACW, organised under the theme “African Solidarity for Global Climate Action”, a number of events will be held across Africa, including in the Kenyan capital. In Nairobi, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the AfDB will be co-organising the 11th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XI) on 1 and 2 September. CCDA-XI is a pre-event to the African Climate Summit and is expected to make detailed analytical recommendations, based on data and evidence, on the various sub-themes of the summit.
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According to the 2022 Climate Vulnerability Index, nine of the ten most vulnerable countries are in sub-Saharan Africa, and the 2022 Climate Change Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms that West Africa, East Africa and Central Africa are among the hotspots of human vulnerability to climate change.In addition, Africa needs around $500 billion in climate finance by 2030, according to the AfDB’s African Economic Outlook 2022, which also estimated that the continent will need to invest more than $3 trillion in mitigation and adaptation over the same period to implement its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. The events organised in Nairobi are also intended to prepare for the 2023 Dubai Climate Change Conference (COP28), which takes place from 30 November to 12 December 2023.
