GOBESHONA GLOBAL CONFERENCE 3

Scaling Up Youth-led Adaptation Technology Solutions in Africa

The Global Center on Adaptation and the African Development Bank will host a discussion on scaling up youth-led approaches to adaptation through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) at the 3rd Annual Gobeshona Global Conference.

Event description:

The session will draw on the AAAP’s Empowering Youth through Jobs and Entrepreneurship (YouthADAPT) pillar, which aims to unlock the untapped potential of Africa’s youth to drive resilience and green enterprise. It will showcase youth-led innovations and innovative technologies, and discuss best practices for scaling up innovative technologies. It will also explore the key role that youth can play in driving climate technology innovation and adaptation.

Young people are at the frontier of climate risk as today’s climate action will directly affect the rest of their lives. With an urgent drive to act to avoid disastrous climate change, an increasing number of youths are leading climate adaptation efforts in their communities and regions with innovative adaptation solutions that are bringing real and concrete change.