Adaptation Futures Conference

Venue: Montreal, Canada (Hybrid)

The Adaptation Futures 2023 conference aims to learn from Indigenous, local knowledge and voices in climate change adaptation research, policies, practices and actions around the world, accelerate the adoption of transformative adaptation for long-term resilience, bring marginalized voices, especially from the Global South, to the forefront in pursue of climate justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and accelerate momentum towards the Global Goal on Adaptation and the Global Stocktake and build on action to implement effective adaptation.

Conference themes include:

• Learning from Indigenous and local peoples knowledge and expertise in adaptation
• Dealing with multiple risks: Compound, cascading, cross-border climate change risks
• Making adaptation choices: managing trade-offs and seeking effective adaptation
• When we can no longer adapt
• Who wins, who loses, who decides: Equity and justice in adaptation
• The power of nature for climate action
• Teaching and learning adaptation in a changing climate
• Inclusive adaptation governance and finance: how do we get there?

AAAP Participation

• AAAP side event session under the sub-theme, Accelerators of Innovations as part Innovation Days of the World Bank Adaptation Fund SubConference. The session is titled, “The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program: A Transformative Initiative for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa to be held on 4th October at 1330 – 1430hours
• Joint IDRC and AAAP session titled, Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership: Insights from capacity building, knowledge brokering and entrepreneurship programs to feature the YouthADAPT initiative.

What:     African Development Bank participates in the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF)                

Who:       African Development Bank, Nordic Innovation and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, with international partners

When:     30 May - 2 June 2023

Where:    Helsinki, Finland and online

A delegation led by African Development Bank Director of Climate Change and Green Growth Anthony Nyong, is at the 2023 World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF2023) in the Finnish capital Helsinki.

WCEF2023 is the seventh edition of the annual forum co-organised by Nordic Innovation and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, with international partners, including the African Development Bank. The forum brings together business leaders, policymakers and experts from around the world to present the best circular economy solutions. WCEF examines how societies and businesses can seize new opportunities to accelerate the global transition towards a circular economy to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. WCEF is the world’s best known neutral global circular economy event and platform for the global circularity movement.

To leverage and build on the results of last year’s WCEF and showcase circular economy ambition in Africa, a strong engagement of the African Development Bank is planned at WCEF2023. This includes speaker roles at plenary sessions, side events and hosting an African delegation of six participants from member countries of the African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA) and African organisations to participate and speak at the event alongside the Bank’s mission team.

African Development Bank Director of Climate Change and Green Growth Anthony Nyong will participate in a guided dialogue during a session titled “Unlocking Finance for a circular and regenerative economy” organised by Circle Economy together with European Investment Bank (EIB). ACEA, whose secretariat is based at the African Development Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will join in a session titled “Circular strategies and road maps,” organised by The Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency.

The African Development Bank will host a stand at the WCEF Exhibition Area. This will give the opportunity to African Circular Economy Facility (ACEF), ACEA and its partners to showcase solutions to a global audience to attract partners and financiers for scaleup.

The Bank organises / has interventions in the following sessions:

TUESDAY, 30 MAY

Plenary Sessions at Helsinki Fair Centre

9:30-10:30

IFI CEN high-level working meeting

13:30 - 14:45

Unlocking finance for a circular and regenerative economy

THURSDAY, 1 JUNE

Accelerator Sessions, venues across Helsinki

8:30-13:00 (UTC+3) 

Place: Messukeskus conference centre, Messuaukio 1, Helsinki and online

Accelerator session: African Voices to circular Economy

10:00 – 13:00

Accelerator session: International Financing and Funding for World Circular Economy Business Opportunities

16:00 – 17:30

Accelerator session: A circular economy that works for everyone: ensuring a just and jobs-rich transition to a sustainable future for all

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Official WCEF2023 website: https://wcef2023.com/about/

Accelerator Session: https://wcef2023.com/sessions/african-voices-showcasing-circular-economy-ambition-in-africa/

Confirm your live attendance as soon as possible by registering through this link 

Livestream on the WCEF2023 website and YouTube channel.

Media contact: Sonia Borrini, Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist, Climate Change and Green Growth Department | email : s.borrini@afdb.org