Climate Chance Europe Africa 2025 Summit

Strengthening decentralised cooperation for adaptation

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Monday 31 March
14:00 15:30
Climate Chance Europe Africa 2025 Summit
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Description

Local governments in Europe and Africa are facing increasingly intense weather events and their wide-ranging social and environmental impacts, which threaten to disrupt the delivery of essential services and territorial planning policies. Given these shared challenges, cooperation between local authorities from both continents serves as a platform for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, pooling efforts and ideas, and fostering solidarity.

Building on concrete experiences from internationally engaged local governments, this workshop will highlight the potential of decentralized cooperation as a key tool for climate adaptation. Through firsthand accounts, participants will discuss key principles meant to scale up local adaptation efforts, thus strengthening advocacy for the recognition of the crucial role of local governments and their partnerships.

Speakers

  • Thani Mohamed Soilihi, Minister attached to the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, with responsibility for the French-speaking world and international partnerships

  • Ebaye Dah Emine, Cooperation Adviser, Nouakchott Region, Mauritania
  • Lamine Camara, Elected representative for the town of Grigny, President of the Coordination of French Elected Representatives of Malian Origin (CEFOM)
  • Céline Papin, Deputy Mayor of Bordeaux, VP of Bordeaux-Métropole

Moderator: David-Pierre Giudicelli, Project Manager – Steering the DCOL mechanism and monitoring climate issues, Cités Unies France (CUF)

Rapporteur: Michèle Rubirola, First Deputy Mayor of Marseille