Ethiopia President Sahle-Work Zwede - Africa Adaptation Summit 2022

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), together with the African Union, African Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, Africa Adaptation Initiative, and the Climate Vulnerable Forum, convened the Africa Adaptation Summit to lay the foundation for an adaptation breakthrough for Africa at COP27. The Summit represented a historic opportunity for the global community to deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact and the need to bridge the multibillion-dollar a year gap in adaptation finance for Africa. Hosted at GCA’s headquarters in the largest floating office in the world in the Netherlands, the Africa Adaptation Summit served as an action-forcing platform to deliver commitments to the AAAP and catalyze new coalitions of partners and initiatives to accelerate action on the ground across Africa. The Summit brought together global leaders from across governments, international organizations, multilateral development banks, the private sector, mayors, civil society, youth leaders, and other stakeholders to raise ambition on adaptation action for the continent. The Summit also provided an opportunity to catalyze new coalitions of partners and initiatives to accelerate action on the ground across Africa, keeping up the momentum and elevating ambition on adaptation ahead of COP27. ------------------------- 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. ------------------------- Subscribe to our Instagram:   / gcadaptation   Twitter:   / gcadaptation   Facebook:   / globalcenteradaptation   Linkedin:   / gcadaptation   ------------------------- #AdaptOurWorld #DoubleAdaptationFinance #Youth4Adaptation #AfricaClimateSummit #Sahle-WorkZwede