"Why am I so certain that #AAAP is the right plan at the right time? Because it is a program made in Africa by Africans which puts our young people at the heart of the adaptation agenda," said H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya in his keynote speech at the Leaders’ Dialogue on Adaptation Action in Africa and his inauguration as the Global Champion for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program.
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) is accelerating climate adaptation action across Africa, the world’s most vulnerable region to the impact of climate change, through an Africa-owned and Africa-led initiative jointly developed by the GCA and the African Development Bank: the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP).
H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta has been one of the key driving forces behind the AAAP. His prominent voice and leadership as eminent international statesman are already inspiring others to scale and accelerate the actions required to adapt to climate change.H.E. President Kenyatta accepted the invitation of H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation to serve as the Global Champion for the AAAP.
As Global Champion for the AAAP his bold leadership on climate adaptation in Africa will support the mobilizing of the global community to honour their climate finance commitments and support the largest adaptation initiative on the continent. President Kenyatta’s leadership at the domestic level will also contribute to accelerate investments in adaptation in Kenya, through GCA’s strategic engagement with the Government of Kenya under the AAAP. In this context, under the auspices of the newly awarded Global Champion for AAAP, this high-level event will feature the signing ceremony of a Partnership Agreement between GCA and the University of Nairobi to scale up finance for resilient infrastructure and promote opportunities for adaptation jobs.
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The GCA is an international organization working as a solutions broker to accelerate action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, to ensure we learn from each other and work together for a climate-resilient future.
Founded in 2018, our global headquarters is hosted by the Netherlands in the largest floating office in the world in Rotterdam, with regional offices in Africa, South Asia and Asia Pacific, and a knowledge and research hub based in Groningen. Through our evolving network of offices, we engage in innovative solutions to drive adaptation at scale, high-level policy development, new research contributions, advocacy, communications, and work with our partners to deliver action on the ground.
Our work focuses on those who are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change including the poorest people in the poorest countries. They are the least prepared to withstand the triple health, social and economic impacts of our climate emergency.
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