Launch of Time to Act: African Children in the Climate Change Spotlight

Date: Friday 1 September 

Time: 11:30 - 1:00pm EAT

Location: Fairview Hotel, Bishop Road, Nairobi

Children in Africa are among the most at risk of the impacts of climate change but are woefully neglected by the key climate financing flows required to help them adapt, survive and respond to the climate crisis.

According to the Time to Act: African children in the climate change spotlight Report, released 1 September 2023, children in 48 out of 49 African countries assessed, are categorized as at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change. The analysis assesses countries based on children’s exposure to climate and environmental shocks, such as cyclones and heatwaves, as well as their vulnerability to those shocks, based on their access to essential services.

Children living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, Somalia and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk.

Programme:

• Welcome by Programme Director - Sudeshan Reddy, Communication Specialist, UNICEF
• Report highlights - Kitka Goyol, Regional Advisor, WASH, UNICEF ESARO
• Video screening
• Presentation by UNEP -  Bruno Pozzi, Deputy Director of Ecosystems, UN Environment Programme
• Video screening
• The AU and the voices of young people -Chido Mpemba, African Union Youth Envoy
• A personal perspective - Address by climate youth activist
• Call to Action - Vanessa Nakate, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
• Discussion
• Closing Remarks