COP28 • Yaounde Roadmap for Sustainable Habitats in Africa

• Ronan Dantec speaks at Housing Matters campaign launch event

Ronan Dantec, President of Climate Chance, participates in the Housing Matters Campaing Launch.

He shares the key messages from Yaounde Roadmap for Sustainable Habitats in Africa, delivrable endorsed by the networks and non-state actors gathered in Cameroun from 23 to 24 October at the occasion of the #CCCA2023.

⏰ Thursday 7 December 2023, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (local time, Dubai) / 08:00 am – 10:00 am (CEST)

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• Side event West African Development Bank Pavilion

“Towards the convergence of the three international agendas to encourage sustainable and inclusive habitats in Africa : Feedback on the Climate Chance Conference Africa 2023”

This event aims to highlight the Yaounde Roadmap resulting from the Climate Chance Confrence Africa 2023, by outlining the priorities of African non-state actors to accelerate the implementation of climate action in habitat-related sectors. It also stresses the importance of breaking down silos between actors and working collectively to bring the three UN environmental conventions into line.

⏰ Friday 8 December, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (local time, Dubai) / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (CEST)

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Speakers

• Vincent Kitio, Director of the Urban Energy Unit, UN Habitat

• Ronan Dantec, President of Climate Chance

• Stéphanie Njiomo, Ambassador for the Global Pact for the Environement in Cameroon

• Emmanuel Seck,  Executive Secretary, Enda Energie

• Anne Barre, Gender and Climate Policy Coordinator for the WECF network (Women Engage for a Common Future)

The side-event is moderated by

• Luc Gnacadja, Vice-president of Climate Chance, Former Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Planning of Benin, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Founder and President of Governance & Policies for Sustainable Development (GPS-Dev)

• Side event on the Francophonie Pavilion

“Sustainable and inclusive habitats in Africa: A look back at the Climate Chance Africa 2023 Conference”

This second side event organized by Climate Chance also aims to reflect on tbe Climate Chance Conference Africa 2023 and to highlight the recommendations of African non-state actors to accelerate climate action in habitat-related sectors stemming from the Yaoundé Roadmap.

⏰ Sunday 10 December , 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm (local time, Dubai) / 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm (CEST)

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Speakers

• Ronan Dantec, President of Climate Chance

• Sylvia Maeght, Project Development Manager, La Voûte Nubienne (online)

• Ernestine Leikeki, Director, Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW)

• Press Conference

“Non-state actors’ Roadmap for Sustainable Habitats in Africa adopted in Yaounde”

Climate Chance organises a press conference to present the Non-state actors’ Roadmap for Sustainable Habitats in Africa adopted in Yaounde last October during the Climate Chance Conference Africa 2023.

⏰ Tuesday 12 December, 10:00 am – 10:30 am (local time, Dubai) / 07:00 am – 07:30 am (CEST)

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Speakers

• Ronan Dantec, President of Climate Chance

• Anne Barre, Gender and Climate Policy Coordinator for the WECF network (Women Engage for a Common Future)

• Romain Crouzet, Director General of Climate Chance