Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative (AGII)

 

Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative (AGII)


·       Africa Green Industrialisation Initiative (AGII) was recently launched at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).

·       It was launched by representatives of Kenya, Angola, Burundi, Djibouti, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia, and COP28 President.

Aim:

It is the ambitious programme to upscale and accelerate green industries and businesses across Africa.

Launched by:

The presidents and representatives from Kenya, Angola, Burundi, Djibouti, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia, as well as COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

A Collaborative Approach:

The initiative will bring together African Governments, initiative’s partners and other supporting institutions to offer accelerated end-to-end green growth solutions for committed governments.

Organization of Work:

·       The work will be organized in two parallel and mutually enforcing work streams:

·       Delivering Transformational Projects

·       Effecting Systemic Change

·       Counter the Climate Change: AGII incorporates elements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.

·       It discourages fossil fuel production and use that immensely contributes to global warming.

·       Emphasis on: The importance of green industrialisation to harness Africa’s vast and quality resources to secure prosperity for all.

·       Significance: The initiative is important for Africa and also for the attainment of global climate ambitions (as per present leaders and delegations).

·       African policy experts also embraced it and identified it as the Holy Grail of the continent’s socioeconomic transformation.

·       As per the Economic Report on Africa 2016: Greening Africa’s Industrialization, published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)- “Green industrialisation is a precondition for sustainable and inclusive growth”.

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