Scaling-up Adaptation in Africa
Scaling-up Adaptation Action in Africa took place on September 5th, 1430hrs – 15:30hrs on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Summit
The African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) was mandated by the 25th African Union Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2015, to develop, with the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), a proposal for enhanced support to Africa on adaptation and loss and damage. The African Adaptation Initiative (AAI) was launched in Paris during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) that took place in December 2015.
image #1 AAI represents a bold and innovative step by Africa to galvanize the support needed to significantly scale up adaptation and actions to address loss and damage on the continent with an initial focus on enhancing action in the pre-2020 period.
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The AAI aims to enhance action on adaptation, with the aim of addressing the adaptation financing gap, and implementing measures to address loss and damage in Africa. This will be done through partnerships with institutions and organisations undertaking relevant work on the continent to scale up and replicate on-going initiatives and develop proposals for new initiatives. The AAI will advocate for and facilitate access to existing and scaled-up resources for African countries to develop and implement policies, plans, and actions to support their efforts to adapt and address loss and damage.
(2015 — 2016)
A political mandate from African Heads of State and Government and endorsement from all 54 African countries was given.
The AAI was launched at COP 21 in Paris.
Two Technical Working Group meetings were held.
This phase of the AAI has been successfully achieved.
(2017 — 2020)
The AAI will play a facilitative role, working with partners to scale up and replicate adaptation action and approaches to address loss and damage. This phase will begin with facilitating support to African countries to develop and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) through a partnership with UNDP.
AAI will develop a yearly report to map on-going initiatives on adaptation and addressing loss and damage and assesses progress towards meeting its objectives.
(2020 — 2030)
The AAI will continue to work with partners to facilitate the scaling up and replicating of adaptation action and approaches to address loss and damage. Additional flagship programmes will be developed and additional resources will be mobilised.
Goal: All African countries have climate information services adequate in quantity and quality to support decision making.
Goal: Stronger continental, regional, and national institutional and policy frameworks to support decision making on adaptation and loss and damage in Africa.
Goal: Significantly increase the number of projects and programs being implemented to enhance adaptation and address loss and damage in Africa.
Goal: Increase access to funding and mobilise additional support to enable the implementation of adaptation actions and approaches to address loss and damage.
The AAI is an African-led initiative which is strongly rooted in existing African institutions.
The proposed delivery model is described below.
Political guidance: Political leadership to guide AAI will be provided by CAHOSCC and AMCEN.
Steering Committee: A steering committee comprising of the AMCEN bureau and chair of the AGN.
Technical Support Unit: The day-to-day operationalisation of the AAI will be coordinated by the TSU.
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Sep 23
Scaling-up Adaptation Action in Africa took place on September 5th, 1430hrs – 15:30hrs on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Summit
Jun 23
A Pan-African forum that brought together National Designated Authorities (NDAs) from 23 countries participating in the Pan-African Readiness led by the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) was held from 23rd to 25th May in Lomé, Togo.
Jun 23
With the financial support of the European Union (EU) and financial and technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Africa Adaption Initiative (AAI) through the project, Enhancing Knowledge and Evidence to Scale-up Climate Change Adaptation in Africa, organized the second virtual South-South Peer Capacity Exchange Programme (SSEP) which took place on 5-6 April 2023, facilitated by Sustainable Solutions for Africa (SSA).
Feb 23
COP27 was an exciting and critical time for the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) and a number of key milestones were achieved. At the conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, President Biden pledged US$25 million to the AAI Food Security Accelerator, the European Union and Germany each committed €5 million (US$5.25M) of funding, and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations pledged a further US$4.5 million, bringing total new finance commitments of around US$40 million. At the conference we also presented the executive summary of the AAI State of Adaptation in Africa Report 2022 and celebrated the launch of our new steering committee.
To be announced
Goal: All African countries have climate information services adequate in quantity and quality to support decision making.
Goal: Stronger continental, regional, and national institutional and policy frameworks to support decision making on adaptation and loss and damage in Africa.
Goal: Significantly increase the number of projects and programs being implemented to enhance adaptation and address loss and damage in Africa.
Goal: Increase access to funding and mobilise additional support to enable the implementation of adaptation actions and approaches to address loss and damage.
Goal: All African countries have climate information services adequate in quantity and quality to support decision making.
Goal: Stronger continental, regional, and national institutional and policy frameworks to support decision making on adaptation and loss and damage in Africa.
Goal: Significantly increase the number of projects and programs being implemented to enhance adaptation and address loss and damage in Africa.
Goal: Increase access to funding and mobilise additional support to enable the implementation of adaptation actions and approaches to address loss and damage.