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Climate_Peace_Security

Organizer:

  • ECA
  • UNOAU
  • AUC
  • UNFPA

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

Date: 11 November 2025

Time: 09h30 to 11h00

Theme of the day:

  • Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Document :

  • Draft Concept Note

Africa Day

Organizer:

  • AUC
  • ECA
  • AfDB
  • AUDA-NEPAD
  • Afreximbank

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

Date: 11 November 2025

Time: 13h30 to 15h30

Theme of the day:

  • Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Document :

  • Draft Concept Note

Towards

Organizer:

  • Lead Partner: Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Anthropocene institute

Venue: Room 9, Belem, Brazil

Date: 12 November 2025

Time: 15h00 to 16h30

This event will explore innovative ways of mobilizing the requisite financing to help African countries attain just transitions as they navigate the move from fossil fuel-based energy systems to more sustainable energy sources, including nuclear energy, in such a way as to meet their urgent development imperatives.

The event will explore innovative financing pathways for a Just Transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources in Africa and other emerging regions. Speakers will discuss national best practices for unlocking clean energy, including nuclear energy to meet urgent development imperatives. A proposal to use carbon credits to fund nuclear power plants in developing countries will be discussed and its consequences explored, and how to do this under the frame of Article 6.

The event will further facilitate discourse on financing pathways, including assistance needs, and social and economic benefits of transitioning to sustainable energy technologies.

Theme of the day:

  • Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers and Global Ethical Stocktake.

The specific objectives are :

  • Transitioning Energy, Industry, and Transport (4) transitioning away from fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.
  • Fostering Human and Social Development (18) education, capacity-building, and job creation to address climate change.
  • Cross-cutting issues – Enablers and Accelerators (24) climate and trade, (26) governance, state capacities and institutional strengthening for climate action, planning and preparedness.

Document :

  • Draft Concept Note

Scaling

Organizer:

  • ECA
  • Investment Mobilisation Collaboration Alliance
  • World Climate Foundation

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

Date: 12 November 2025

Time: 11h30 to 13h00

Theme of the day:

  • Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers and Global Ethical Stocktake.

Document :

  • Draft Concept Note

AI

Organizer:

  • ECA
  • AfCEN
  • COP30 Presidency
  • High-Level Champions

Venue: Belem, Brazil

Date: 12 November 2025

Time: 

Theme of the day:

  • Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, Workers and Global Ethical Stocktake.

Document :

  • Draft Concept Note

Delivering Africa

Organizer:

  • ECA
  • CCG

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

Date: 14 November 2025

Time: 15h30 to 17h00

Theme of the day:

  • Systems transformation across Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO₂ gases.

Document :

  • Draft Concept Note

Briefing on the status of COP29

Organizer:

  • AUC
  • ECA
  • AfDB
  • AUDA-NEPAD
  • Afreximbank

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

Date: 15 November 2025

Time: 13h30 to 15h00

    Document :

    • Draft Concept Note

    Opportunity cost

    Organizer:

    • ECA
    • DevTransform

    Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

    Date: 18 November 2025

    Time: 11h30 to 13h00

    Theme of the day:

    • Forests, Oceans, Biodiversity, and Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and small and medium entrepreneurs.

    Document :

    • Draft Concept Note

    GST-1

    Organizer:

    • UNDP
    • AGN
    • ECA

    Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

    Date: 19 November 2025

    Time: 17h30 to 19h00

    Theme of the day:

    • Food, agriculture, and equity.

    Document :

    • Draft Concept Note

    High Level Dialogue

    Organizer:

    • ECA
    • African SIDS

    Venue: Africa Pavilion, Belem, Brazil

    Date: 19 November 2025

    Time: Afternoon

    Theme of the day:

    • Food, agriculture, and equity.

    Document :

    • Draft Concept Note

     

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