- Partners on energy and climate development initiatives providing majority of financing for African development projects.
- A partnership between One Carbon World and VUKA Group focused on the Carbon Markets Africa Summit, with Guterres advocating for offsetting tools to unlock private finance in Africa.
UN Secretary-General Calls for Tripling of Adaptation Finance for East Africa
What happened
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a major increase in financial aid to address climate-related disasters in East Africa. Guterres specifically called for adaptation finance to be tripled and early-warning systems to be extended to every person on Earth by 2027. This call comes as food insecurity across six East African countries has risen sharply over the past decade.
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Why it matters
The regional crisis in East Africa is driven by a combination of climate shocks, economic instability, and displacement. Guterres warned that the failure to prepare for climate shocks was turning extreme weather into wider humanitarian and economic crises.
A partnership between One Carbon World and VUKA Group focused on the Carbon Markets Africa Summit, with Guterres advocating for offsetting tools to unlock private finance in Africa.
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Who's involved
- António GuterresSecretary-General of the United Nations and chief advocate for the call
- East AfricaRegion facing acute food insecurity and climate impacts
- AfricaContinent whose stability is impacted by regional crises
- Food and Agriculture OrganizationInternational organization focused on ending global hunger
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The entities involved
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António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017
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East Africa
easterly region of the African continent
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