Parliamentarians Dialogue at the Africa Climate Summit 2023

The Parliamentarians Dialogue will serve as a platform to interrogate the implementation pathways from the perspective of legislatures for the delivery of the commitments made during the Summit

Event description

The Africa Climate Summit will focus on delivering innovative green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world. A central theme of the Summit is climate adaptation. There is an ever-present need to accelerate adaptation through stronger international climate finance for Africa. The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), are mobilizing US$25 billion by 2025 for climate adaptation in the areas of food security, resilient infrastructure, climate finance, and youth employment. There is a need to promote the full realization of the AAAP by reinforcing national adaptation priorities and mobilizing additional resources to fund those national priorities. Climate Adaptation Country Compacts will be launched during the Leaders Dialogue on Adaptation Action with the objective of increasing adaptation investments in Africa, in the current context of frequent and intense adverse impacts of climate change on national economies.

It is imperative that legislative bodies across the breadth of the African continent empower themselves to ensure that the Summit outcomes transcend mere rhetoric and platitudes. Parliamentarians are bestowed with the responsibility to vigilantly oversee and ensure effective climate action across the entire continent. As such, the commitments made by the Executive during the high-level meeting must be treated with the utmost seriousness. The Parliamentarians Dialogue will therefore further contribute to the outcomes of the Accountability Summit at COP28 convened by the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s Global Parliamentary Group (CVF GPG), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), GCA and the Global Renewables Congress (GRC) which emphasizes parliamentarian’s role as beacons of accountability.
 
During this crucial gathering, parliamentarians shall receive, scrutinize, and engage in extensive debates to extract and refine strategies for robust parliamentary oversight and in the identification of capacity-building gaps that necessitate attention to achieve sustained and impactful climate action throughout the Continent. By doing so, the continent can demonstrate its resolve to effect meaningful change and fulfill its commitments to combat the pressing climate challenges facing our planet.