AfDB's President Akinwumi Adesina - Adaptation Finance Summit for Africa

This #COP28 Leaders event on climate adaptation finance for Africa co-hosted by H.E. William Ruto, President of Kenya and Chairperson of the African Climate Summit, H.E. Macky Sall, President of Senegal, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, and Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation, as a leadership platform to take stock of progress, actualize the outcomes of the Africa Climate Summit, cement further commitments to the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) capitalization targets, and double down on accelerated climate adaptation implementation in Africa.

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