{"id":8991,"date":"2023-08-29T21:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acmad.org\/?page_id=8991"},"modified":"2023-09-01T19:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:47:37","slug":"acmad-at-ccda-xi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acmad.org\/index.php\/acmad-at-ccda-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"The 11th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA XI) ahead of the Africa Climate Week & Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cACMAD with the support of the 11th<\/sup>\u00a0 European Union Development Fund ( ClimSA programme<\/a>)<\/strong>, the Belgium Development cooperation ( Uclip<\/strong><\/a>, GISTIC<\/strong><\/a> and CLIMTAG<\/strong><\/a> Projects), the EU Horizon 2020 programme for research and innovation( Focus-Africa project and related initiatives),\u00a0\u00a0 the Italian development cooperation ( the African MultiHazards Advisory Centre<\/strong><\/a> part of AMHEWAS programmme supporting the implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR in Africa) \u00a0and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC<\/strong><\/a>) deployee programme\u00a0 will contribute to the Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA)<\/strong> from 1-2 September, the Africa Climate Summit\u00a0 from 4-6 September and the Africa Climate Week from 4-8 September 2023 to be held in Nairobi-Kenya.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>

The Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA) will be held from 1-2 September<\/strong> 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. It is an annual conference that brings together different African stakeholder groups on climate change to discuss key climate change and development challenges<\/strong> facing the continent and identify opportunities and solutions<\/strong>. The conference promotes evidence-based and analytically grounded contributions<\/strong> that feed into the African common position meetings<\/strong> on climate change.<\/p>

The follow up African Climate Summit aims to address the increasing exposure to climate change<\/strong> and its associated costs particularly in Africa.<\/p>

The Africa Climate Week (ACW)<\/strong> is an annual event that brings together leaders from governments, businesses, international organizations and civil society to explore ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while adapting to the mounting fallout from the climate crisis. This year, ACW 2023 will take place from 4-8 September in Nairobi, Kenya<\/strong>, hosted by the Government of Kenya.<\/p>

The<\/strong> African Climate Summit<\/strong> (4-6 September)<\/strong> will be organized in parallel with the\u00a0 Africa Climate Week<\/strong> to provide a platform for policymakers, practitioners, businesses and civil society to exchange on climate solutions, barriers to overcome and opportunities realized in\u00a0 energy and systems and industry, Land, oceans, food and water, cities, urban and rural settlement, infrastructure and transport, societies, health, livelihoods and economies contributing to the first global stocktake at COP28 in UAE later this year.<\/p>

The ACMAD Centre will contribute to exchanges, discussions and recommendations on the following key areas:<\/p>