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his COP28 Leaders event on climate adaptation finance for Africa co-hosted by H.E. William Ruto, President of Kenya and Chairperson of the African Climate Summit, H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, and Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation, as a leadership platform to take stock of progress, aimed to actualize the outcomes of the Africa Climate Summit, cement further commitments to the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) capitalization targets, and double down on accelerated climate adaptation implementation in Africa.
Participants:
- H.E. Azali Assoumani, President, Comoros and Chairperson, African Union
- H.E. Macky Sall, President, Senegal
- H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President, Tanzania
- H.E. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister, the Netherlands
- H.E. Lord Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom
- H.E. Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of International Development, Norway
- Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- H.E. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank
- Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO, Global Center on Adaptation