Africa Climate Summit and the Africa Youth Climate Assembly; Streamlining Africa's priorities for Climate Action
Preceded by the first ever African Youth Climate Assembly (AYCA)- 1st-3rd September, the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) 4th- 6th September- set the pace for African Governments to steer and set priorities for climate action across the continent. Both AYCA and the ACS sparked what could be defined as the start to a by Africa for Africa driven agenda for climate action. Co-hosted by the government of Kenya and the African Union (AU), it may have been argued by many that there was no other opportune moment for the Summit than now- especially since the inception of discussions around the need to accelerate green growth across the African continent.