{"id":16383,"date":"2023-09-11T18:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/?p=16383"},"modified":"2023-09-11T18:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:53:16","slug":"climate-justice-on-the-agenda-at-africa-climate-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/climate-justice-on-the-agenda-at-africa-climate-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate justice and climate finance on the agenda at the first-ever Africa Climate Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate finance, climate adaptation and land and forest restoration were all high on the agenda at the first-ever Africa Climate Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4-6 September 2023. <\/p>

The event brought together governments, organisations and other key players to discuss how to best address the effects of climate change in countries throughout the African continent. <\/p>

After three days of talks and events, the Africa Climate Summit adopted the Nairobi Declaration. This text is aimed at officially defining and uniting the agreed position of the 54 countries that make up the African continent, ahead of the upcoming COP28 event in Dubai in November. Amongst other measures, the Nairobi Declaration calls for a global carbon tax, to ensure financing for climate-related investments. <\/p>

 At the event, African Presidents also called for financial reforms and debt renegotiations amidst the fight against climate change. Indebtedness of African countries limits their capacity to fight climate change and increases over-dependence on aid.<\/p>

People living in Africa are the least responsible for, but the most affected by climate change. The African continent is currently only attracting around 12% of the finance necessary to cope with an increasingly hostile climate. <\/p>

Working with smallholder farmers to help combat the worst effects of climate change is vital to our work at Self Help Africa. Our Senior Global Climate Advisor Edward Meleki, and Global Carbon Coordinator Zach Lager were at the Africa Climate Summit, and share their reflections and analysis below: <\/p>

Edward Meleki<\/strong>, Senior Global Climate Advisor<\/strong><\/p>

I was really excited to be part of the first-ever Africa Climate Summit. Most of the side event discussions I attended, focused on building climate resilience across Africa and to address the following questions: <\/p>