Sustainable cities, thriving communities: transforming African cities through climate action​

Date: Friday 8​ September 2023

Time: 09:00am- 10:00am EAT

Location: Atlas Mountain Room, Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) 

The event is an official side-event of the Africa Climate Week 2023 and is being led by UN Habitat. Live streaming link.

Africa is undergoing an urbanization transformation. Climate change and growing urbanization are intertwined megatrends. Rising global temperatures have caused extreme weather events including flash floods, storms, droughts, and heatwaves in cities; with the most vulnerable being hit the hardest.  

This event demonstrates how Africa’s cities can become the center of a sustainable and resilient future if integrated climate solutions at the local level are accelerated – ranging from scaling up renewable energy, sustainable building materials, nature-based solutions and low carbon mobility solutions. African city leaders, national governments and climate experts will discuss what it takes to accelerate climate solutions in cities through multilevel governance and multi-stakeholder partnerships. This will be critical to transforming African cities to be healthy, sustainable and resilient urban systems and create socio-economic opportunities while delivering the targets of the Paris Agreement.  

Explore UNEP's full list of activities during Africa Climate Week/Africa Climate Summit 2023.