This policy brief is a supplement to ‘Bridges of Opportunity: Partnering for Africa–Europe Green Development’, a discussion paper prepared by the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) on Africa’s development options and the green transition in light of COVID-19 and the new European Green Deal.
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the heightened vulnerability of the world’s poorest and most marginalized. It has also underscored the disparities in development between the rich economies and the less developed ones, emphasizing the critical need to enhance Africa’s adaptive capacity. The combined impacts of climate change and Covid-19 call for urgent and radical solutions to future exogenous shocks. Disruption caused by Covid-19 has so far resulted in Africa’s economy contracting by some 2.6%, with a loss of gross domestic product (GDP) of US$120 billion (ECA, 2020).
eLearning: Developing Concept Notes for the GCF Simplified Approval Process
Guided by an experienced climate change adaptation expert and including direct insights from the GCF Secretariat, this seven-module course will equip individuals and teams that wish to design concept notes for the SAP window with practical know-how and tools to draft a high-quality concept note. The open access course is expected to launch in Q2 2021.
Virtual Dialogue Series for Enabling Resilience and Scaling-up
Action on Climate Change Adaptation
Mid- October – Mid-November 2020, series of 5 webinars
