Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A)
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Climate Action Platform – Africa (CAP-A) works to help unlock Africa’s potential as a global hub for climate action that underpins a new climate-smart model of economic growth and inclusive livelihoods.
The platform’s work is informed by the realisation that Africa’s demographics, growth trajectory, and natural resource endowments, coupled with its extremely low levels of current carbon emissions, allow the continent to aspire to not just net-zero but a substantial net-negative carbon footprint sooner than any other part of the world.
CAP-A demonstrates the financial and climate viability of solutions that can illustrate Africa’s potential in helping accelerate the global push for net zero. They seek to capture attention and mobilise support from a range of stakeholders. Given the scale of ambition, CAP-A aims to work with and through a network of like-minded partners to connect, collaborate, and amplify promising ideas and opportunities.
Kenya’s Climate Envoy at the Office of the President asked both NCN and CAP-A to support ahead of the first Africa Climate Summit (ACS) held in Nairobi, September 4th – 6th 2023.
ACS was intended to host a space for concrete actions and solutions for countries in the global south that are at the forefront of climate change. NCN and CAP-A partnered to help bring actionable projects, fundable opportunities, and concrete opportunities to the stage at ACS.
The Nairobi Climate Network ran a survey and engagement with our members to provide the ‘Voice of the Industry’ in the planning and delivery of the Summit. We collated the pledges, deals, and pitches from across our members as input to the planning of the Summit. CAP-A was part of the core group of partners that helped to design the sessions based on the pipeline of deals we brought together. More than 50 NCN members were featured at the Summit sessions, deal rooms, and announcements.
We look forward to continued partnership with CAP-A as we strive to accelerate Africa’s path to Climate Positive Growth.
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