Summary:
- COP28 needs to deliver tangible commitments to sustain momentum and keep trust-based partnerships alive. This includes accelerated financing for adaptation and loss and damage; the restructuring of debt and the development of more favorable lending to developing countries; and private-public coalitions to drive an ambitious agenda towards just and equitable, low-carbon, climate resilient development.
- COP28 is set against a turbulent global geopolitical landscape, with multiple countries facing pressing challenges. This will distract attention away from the negotiations and will likely influence the outcome of the international climate negotiations.
- Africa’s climate priorities are included in the Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change, which outlines the continents key priority areas and forms the basis of the Africa’s engagement at COP28.
- While it continues to highlight its extreme vulnerability to climate change, Africa no longer wants to be viewed as a climate victim but rather to be seen as a climate champion and a valuable, strategic partner.
- A successful COP28 will require a socially just outcome for Africa, with financial delivery at its core.
- The first-ever Global Stocktake is particularly important to Africa as an accountability tool and has the potential to shape the long-term narrative on climate action
