""African populations, biodiversity and economies are especially vulnerable to climate change effects, including rising sea levels, changing rainfall patterns and more extreme events. Despite ongoing conflicts in parts of Africa and global economic shocks, African countries and supporting partners are forging ahead in addressing climate change.
A just energy transition, whereby affordable energy access and consumption is expanded in a low-carbon way, is a critical pillar of climate action in Africa. To meet NDC targets and increase energy access, African countries need to expand access using low-carbon energy solutions – including wind, solar, and gas. Africa’s electricity access and consumption remain woefully behind other regions.
African countries have made significant progress in updating their NDCs with enhanced ambition and quality. Despite being the lowest Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission contributors, the analysed countries’ emission reduction target strengthened by an average of 6.9%, confirming African countries’ commitment to reducing emissions.
Even as more NDCs financing is needed, climate finance offers tools to help vulnerable African countries manage debt distress. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are important mitigation and adaptation solutions. Vibrant natural ecosystems offer an array of adaptation benefits to vulnerable communities – including reducing the effects of climate-related drought and flooding, protecting against rising sea levels, and urban cooling.
Double down on strengthening governance at the country level and promoting coordination, learning, scaling, and replicating successful models at the regional/continental level. To maximise impact at the national level, partners need to strengthen the entities leading NDCs implementation, particularly on coordination and leadership to ensure that climate change is consistently taken into account in sectoral policies.
To accelerate climate adaptation action in Africa, the continent needs to develop a shared understanding of priority actions and accelerate the development of NAPs. Strengthen the inclusion of women, youth, entrepreneurship, informal workers, and indigenous peoples in all sectors of climate policy and action at the national and regional levels, as these groups are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. The detailed programme structure is available on the bank's website. Do visit to know more: [ Ссылка ]

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