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CCDA-14 Calls for African Climate Agency Ahead of COP31 and COP32
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AI SUMMARY
The Fourteenth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa concluded in Addis Ababa, urging the continent to shift from climate participation to agency and from pledges to implementation ahead of COP31 and an Ethiopian-hosted COP32.
- The Fourteenth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa concluded in Addis Ababa under the theme “From Pledges to Implementation: The Belém–Antalya–Addis Roadmap.”
- The conference was convened under the ClimDev-Africa Programme, a joint initiative of the ECA, AUC, AfDB, and Afreximbank, in partnership with PACJA.
- Africa contributes less than 4 percent of global emissions but requires about $277 billion annually through 2030 to implement its Nationally Determined Contributions, with current flows covering only 11 percent of that need.
- ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy called for a coherent African climate agenda anchored in equity, sustainable development, accountability, and African ownership.
- Delegates urged developed countries to honour obligations under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement to provide predictable, adequate, and accessible climate finance.
- CCDA-14 established six working committees to carry its agenda forward and prepare a consolidated report for CCDA-XV on the road to COP32, which Ethiopia will host in Addis Ababa in November 2027.
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