African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)

As part of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the ACPC aims to make Africa’s development sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient.

[PACJA @PACJA1]

Christopher Hodder used his CCDA-XIV presentation to argue that Africa's resilience to climate change depends less on reacting to shocks as they arrive and more on how systematically risk gets understood in advance.

His central point was structural: Africa needs climate risk frameworks robust enough to actually guide decision-making and investment, not general risk awareness that stops short of shaping where money goes and what gets built. A framework that names risk without directing capital toward addressing it does half the job.

Hodder tied that structure back to the people closest to the risk. Climate risk frameworks only hold up, in his framing, if communities and local actors are meaningfully involved in identifying the risks in the first place and shaping what the response looks like — alongside genuine access to the climate finance needed to act on it. Risk assessment designed without local dialogue tends to miss what's actually on the ground.

His third point turned to infrastructure specifically. Resilient infrastructure, he argued, is where climate adaptation becomes concrete — the test of whether development investment can withstand the climate risks that are intensifying rather than becoming exposed to them. Infrastructure built without that resilience lens simply becomes the next asset climate shocks put at risk.

#PACJA #ClimateJustice #Africa #CCDAXIV #ClimateRisk #Adaptation #ClimateFinance #ResilientInfrastructure #COP32 #GlobalSouth

[PACJA @PACJA1]

George Wamukoya, OGW, Team Leader at @AGNESAfrica1 , used his CCDA-XIV intervention to make a case that agriculture belongs at the center of Africa's climate negotiations, not at the margins of them.

He walked participants through the broader climate negotiation architecture, tracing how decisions made in Paris Agreement processes and subsequent COPs ripple down into what happens on African farms. His argument was that food systems and agriculture deserve a more central place in that chain than they typically get — not as a side sector affected by climate policy, but as one of the areas where Africa's climate response and development agenda genuinely converge.

Wamukoya pointed to Africa's own agricultural frameworks, built on the outcomes adopted at Sharm El-Sheikh, as the foundation climate action on the continent should build from, rather than importing priorities set elsewhere. His sharpest point followed from that: climate interventions have to protect food production, not undermine it. A climate policy or project that weakens Africa's ability to feed its own people has failed on its own terms, regardless of what emissions targets it hits.

He closed on implementation as one of the persistent gaps between what gets agreed in negotiating rooms and what actually happens in the field — agreements and frameworks that exist on paper without the delivery mechanisms to back them.

#PACJA #ClimateJustice #Africa #CCDAXIV #FoodSystems #Agriculture #ClimateFinance #Adaptation #COP32 #GlobalSouth

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

.@mithika_mwenda (PACJA) told #CCDAXIV the Addis Ababa Declaration must move "from declaration to delivery," and that Africa must enter COP31 knowing what's non-negotiable.

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

This conference "asks us to move beyond the question of what Africa should seek from COP31... to what Africa should propose to the world." AUC Commissioner @MosesVilakati opened #CCDAXIV by setting Africa's agenda, not just its asks.

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

"Vulnerability is not the full African story." Afreximbank's Olubunmi Obasanjo-Williams told #CCDAXIV the bank will direct 5% of long-term loans to climate finance by 2030, 70% to adaptation, pointing to the $3B DRC-Zambia battery value chain as proof of concept.

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

”Africa is not merely a victim of climate change. We are a source of solutions." At #CCDAXIV, AfDB's James Kinyangi noted Africa holds 60% of the world's solar potential, and that the Bank's Climate Action Window has mobilized $450.9M for 37 low-income countries.

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

#CCDAXIV First day, Bringing together voices, ideas, and solutions to drive meaningful #ClimateAction and #SustainableDevelopment
#CCDAXIV, @ECA_OFFICIAL, @_AfricanUnion, @AfDB_Group, @PACJA1, and @afreximbank

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

1/3 Addressing delegates at #CCDA in Addis Ababa today, ES @claverGatete said #ClimateFinance must be scaled up to meet Africa’s estimated $277bn annual need. Current flows meet only 11%.

“We must also ask: At what cost? On what terms? And what devp't outcomes will it deliver?”

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

2/3 ...Africa's climate story should not be defined by vulnerability alone. We must press for #ClimateJustice & greater international support, while harnessing Africa’s assets to help shape the rules, investments & solutions driving global #ClimateAction, @claverGatete at #CCDA

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

We are excited to announce that, in partnership with @_AfricanUnion, @AfDB_Group, @ECA_OFFICIAL, and @afreximbank, we host the #CCDAXIV from September 7-9, 2026.

Register and join the conversation on Africa's climate future: https://t.co/yey3WViUJm

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

On #adaptation, #Africa unequivocally calls for tripling adaptation finance, operationalizing L&D Fund & transitioning the Adaptation Fund to operate under #ParisAgreement, says @AGNChairUNFCCC at #COP30 briefing, Belém, Brazil @ECA_OFFICIAL @_AfricanUnion @PACJA1 @ClimDevAfrica

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

73% of African NDCs include adaptation; 94% refer to loss and damage, with estimated needs of USD 560 - 565 billion for 2026 -2029, says @AGNChairUNFCCC at #COP30 briefing in Belém, #Brazil @ECA_OFFICIAL @PACJA1 @ClimDevAfrica

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

Only USD 63.17 billion in public #climate finance was provided in 2021–2022 vs USD 3.4 trillion needed by developing countries, said @AGNChairUNFCCC at a briefing to stakeholders at #COP30 in Belem, Brazil @ECA_OFFICIAL @ClimDevAfrica @PACJA1 @_AfricanUnion

[AGN Chair @AGNChairUNFCCC]

AGN BRIEFS MINISTERS AS FIRST WEEK OF NEGOTIATIONS CLOSES #COP30

As the first week of COP30 climate negotiations closed, the African Group of Negotiators convened a Ministerial briefing to highlight state of negotiations and reinforcing Africa’s priorities and common position at COP30.

AGN Chair, Richard Muyungi reiterated negotiators’ desire to get the best deal for Africa, particularly on adaptation as indicators of the Global Goal on Adaptation are set to be adopted.

“Our priorities here at COP30 are clear; finance for overall climate action but most importantly, adaptation as the continent continues to bleed financially to cope with escalating devastating impacts of climate change. On the GGA indicators, we have maintained our position that we need fit for purpose indicators with inclusion of means of implementation as we cannot achieve much without means of implementation support,” said Dr. Muyungi.

He emphasised the importance of African unity as the negotiations enter the second and final crucial week, noting that technical negotiators would be available to support high level Ministerial engagements in the various agenda items, especially the yet to be concluded such as the GGA, among others, for which the COP30 Presidency has constituted Ministerial Consultation teams @_AfricanUnion @AfricaAAI @UNEP_Africa @AfDB_Group @AfricanClimate @Amref_Worldwide @Cop30noBrasil @UNFCCC

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

Multilateralism is changing with #climate change responsibility being shifted to the private sector. As a result, #Africa must focus on crafting solutions that are effective, say James Murombedzi, ACPC Coordinator, UNECA #COP30 @ECA_OFFICIAL @ClimDevAfrica @DevTransform_

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

#Namibia is enhancing local adaptation thro' empowering community management of natural resources & ecotourism, ensuring that benefits accrue directly to communities. Says #Namibia Minister of #Environment at #COP30 Africa Day @ECA_OFFICIAL @ClimDevAfrica @AfDB_Group @PACJA1

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

Carbon markets are crucial for mobilizing #climate #Finance. #Zambia has put in place policy & legal situational arrangements for operationalizing #carbon trading, says Zambia Minister of Environment at #COP30 Africa Day @ECA_OFFICIAL @ClimDevAfrica @_AfricanUnion @afreximbank

[African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) @AfricanClimate]

At the ongoing #COP30, the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) has endorsed Ethiopia's bid to host COP32 in Addis Ababa in 2027 @ECA_OFFICIAL @_AfricanUnion @AGNChairUNFCCC @afreximbank @AfDB_Group @ClimDevAfrica

[Mithika Mwenda, PhD @mithika_mwenda]

The Second Africa Climate Summit Opened with Call for Action – ACS2 opened under the theme “Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and Green Development”, positioning Africa not as a victim of climate change, but as a driver of solutions and the next global climate economy.
#COP30
@ACS2ET @PACJA1

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

ES @claverGatete met with the Heads of the Adaptation Fund & Loss & Damage Fund on the margins of #ACS2. Agreed on partnering to support countries unlock the complexities of accessing climate financing and building capacity for strong fiduciary governance.