AICCRA @ Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week
The AICCRA team and our partners will participate in a number of engagements and events during the landmark Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week, both being held in Nairobi in the first week of September.
Explore the details below and follow @CGIARAfrica for updates.
*This page will be updated on an ongoing basis.*
The Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week will both be hosted by Kenya on behalf of the African Union and UNFCCC respectively, in the run-up to COP28.
The Africa Climate Summit (ACS), to be held from 4-6 September, marks a key moment for African Union member states to come together to promote greater climate action to enhance livelihoods, accelerate growth and help Africa better access international markets and avoid emission-intensive development. This is one of the key moments in which African states will more publicly align their goals to unlock climate finance and investment for greater climate resilience and just transition pathways.
The Africa Climate Week (ACW) will be held from 4-8 September and is one of four annual Regional Climate Weeks held each year by UNFCCC. In 2023, ACW will build momentum ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai and the conclusion of the first Global Stocktake, designed to chart the way for fulfilling the Paris Agreement's key goals.
Our message for ACS and ACW
Transforming African agriculture—and the global food system it can support—is a priority for African leaders and their global partners. The need for a robust and coordinated response is clear, accelerating the rollout and scaling of what we already know to work well to bolster food security must be our priority.
AICCRA aims to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and climate information services (CIS) so that they reach millions of small-scale farmers in Africa, building on more than 50 years of CGIAR innovation.
AICCRA has become a key pillar of the CGIAR 2030 Research & Innovations Strategy, which seeks to make critical contributions to collective global targets of equipping 500 million small-scale producers to be more resilient to climate shocks.
At ACS and ACW, we're sharing insights, learnings and outcomes from our work and collaboration with local, national and regional organizations to build a climate-smart Africa for small-scale farmers. See more details below!
Africa Climate Summit
AU Climate Action Innovation Hub
The African Union Commission is hosting a Climate Action Innovation Hub which will provide an opportunity to showcase a diverse range of the bold, innovative climate actions that are taking place across the continent that align to the specific ambitions and goals of the Africa Climate Change Strategy.
This Innovation Hub will be a dedicated space for Africa’s innovators, especially women and youth, to showcase their 'game changing' climate solutions and project ideas that support the achievement of a climate-resilient and sustainable Africa. Furthermore, this event provides an important platform to exchange key lessons and share ideas, as well as an opportunity to garner support for innovative solutions from a diverse and broad audience, including policy makers and potential investors.
- Dates: Monday 4 - Wednesday 6 September, 16:00-20:00 (EAT)
- Location: African Union Pavilion, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
- Organizers: African Union Commission (AUC), Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA), CGIAR
- AICCRA Contact: Rhys Bucknall-Williams
Read more about the African Union Climate Action Innovators Hub
Downloads
- AU Climate Action Innovators Hub (1.99 MB)
- Program - Climate Action Innovation Hub (256.41 KB)
- Meet the Innovators (17.61 MB)
Tuesday 5 September
Side event | A new vision for scaling climate action in African agriculture: The case for investing in the continent’s regional organizations
This Africa Climate Summit side-event provides a platform for Africa’s regional organisations to put forward an agenda for action that delivers the technologies, practices and innovation that will transform African agriculture, making it more resilient and food-secure future in a changing climate.
Delegates will leave the session with a clear sense of direction to engage and mobilise regional organisations to scale tried-and-tested climate-smart innovations that have been scaled in countries like Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Zambia by AICCRA partnerships and which support the ambitions of the African Union’s Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy and Action Plan.
Learn more here.
- Date: Tuesday 5 September, 16:30 - 17:30 (EAT)
- Location: River Limpopo (ACS 1), Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
- Organizers: Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF), African Union Commission (AUC), Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
- Livestream link: To be added if available
- AICCRA Contact: Rhys Bucknall-Williams
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Side event | Strengthening Gender Integration in Climate Policy and Action in Africa
At Africa Climate Summit, AGNES and partners - State Department of Gender and Affirmative Action, Kenya and Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) - will host a side-event to raise awareness about the gender dimensions on climate change impacts on vulnerable communities in Africa. Presentations will be share on the preliminary outcomes of the gender and climate change vulnerability hotspot mapping in Botswana, Uganda and Kenya, emphasizing the need for gender analysis in climate risk assessments. The side-event also aims to strengthen partnerships and collaboration among stakeholders to develop gender responsive solutions and promote gender equality in climate change resilience efforts.
Learn more here.
- Date: Tuesday 5 September
- Time: 16:00 - 18:00 EAT
- Location: First Lady's Pavilion, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
- Organizers: African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES), State Department of Gender and Affirmative Action, Kenya, Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
- Livestream link: To be added if available
- AICCRA Contact: Amy Harris
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Wednesday 6 September
Side event | Towards AFSHS: Accelerating action on Soil Health for climate resilient food systems for Africa
The side event will bring attention to issues of soil health and its central role in building climate resilient food systems in Africa. The event will highlight Africa’s growing focus on soil health, including the upcoming Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit to be held in Nairobi on 5th and 6th November 2023.
The Side event will explore how to mobilize high-level political support and scale up investments for restoration of soil health, where the critical connections need to be made in the climate and food systems agendas and set forth a clear continental road map for achieving this under the African Union leadership.
- Date: Wednesday 6 September
- Time: 10:30 - 11:30 EAT
- Location: AU House, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
- Livestream link: To be added if available
Africa Climate Week
Wednesday 6 September
Side event | Supporting food security through low emission longterm strategies
The session will explore mitigation options that have co-benefits for adaptation and enhancing the resilience of foodsystems. By examining two key agricultural sectors, namely the livestock sector and the paddy rice sector, the session will highlight exemplary practices that contribute to emissions reduction and increased resilience.
AICCRA Mali's Elliot Dossou-Yovo will participate.
- Date: Wednesday 6 September
- Time: 15:30 - 16:30 (EAT)
- Location: ACS1 - River Limpopo, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
- Livestream link: Join on Teams
- AICCRA Contact: Elliot Dossou-Yovo
Friday 8 September
Side event | Unlocking Finance: Cross border adaptation in the Horn of Africa
At Africa Climate Week, AICCRA will participate in a side-event to explore the challenges which exist in deploying transboundary investments, and to highlight possible solutions to adaptation financing in the most vulnerable regions.
The session looks to highlight investment opportunities which through Green Climate Fund (GCF) funding can, not only have project pipelines that increase the region’s climate resilience, but also be leveraged to bring in more innovative forms of financing from both the public and private sector.
Learn more here.
- Date: Friday 8 September
- Time: 15:00 - 16:00 EAT
- Location: River Nile Room, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC)
- Organizers: CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR), African Group of Negotiators Expert Support (AGNES), Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
- Livestream link: To be added if available
- AICCRA Contact: Rhys Bucknall-Williams
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