"Climate change is having devastating effects in #Africa. Africa loses $7-15 billion per year due to climate change. This is expected to rise to $50 billion by 2030," said Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, at the high-level event to inaugurate the Global Champion for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya.

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 AfDB: the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP).

As Global Champion for the AAAP, President Kenyatta's bold leadership on climate adaptation in Africa will support the mobilization of the global community to honour their climate finance commitments and support the largest adaptation initiative on the continent.

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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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