Climate change is a profound global challenge with palpable impacts on every corner of the world. Africa, with its dependence on agriculture and a rapidly growing population, stands on the frontline of this crisis. Climate change-vulnerable countries like Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal demonstrate the mounting threats of rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, extreme weather events, and other climate-induced challenges. Despite these nations’ robust policy commitments, evident in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and other national strategies, effective climate adaptation remains a challenge, particularly at the grassroots level. This gap threatens not only present generations, but future generations as well. Recognizing the urgency to delve deeper into these issues, especially in light of global dialogues at COP26 and COP27 which emphasized the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), APRI, in collaboration with local stakeholders, embarked on a two-year project to examine locally-led adaptation (LLA) initiatives in these countries. The result is a synthesis report, providing a holistic overview of climate adaptation in the three West African countries, which will be launched at this event.
Speakers: Dr. Grace Mbungu, Senior Fellow and Head of Climate Change Program (moderator); Professor Yacob Mulugetta, Professor of Energy and Development Policy at the University College London; Ruka Sanusi, Executive Director of Ghana Climate Innovation Centre; Dr. Olufunso Somorin, Regional Principal Officer at the African Development Bank; Dr. Ibrahima Sy, Senior Climate Change Fellow, Senegal
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