The Convener of Africa Climate Forum,Prof. George Nwangwu, has stated explicitly that Africa needs a platform where ideas, policy, investment and innovation can converge to advance practical solutions to our climate challenges.

Nwangwu made the assertion at the two African Climate Forum in Abuja, saying, looking back, it has been an incredible journey, and we have grown in ambition, expanded our network of partners and deepened the engagement with the issues that matter to our continent.

The Convener also added that the participants presence at the Forum reflects a shared commitment to addressing one of the most urgent challenges of our time: securing a sustainable, resilient, and prosperous future for Africa in the face of climate change.

He declared: this year marks another important milestone. This reflects our ambition to build a truly pan-African platform that draws on the experiences, expertise and opportunities of countries across our continent, having reached out to Ghana.

“And we are looking ahead. We are already considering Nairobi, Kenya, as a possible destination for next year’s mini Climate Forum series. Our ambition is for the next four years to be even more impactful than the first four, with broader participation, stronger partnerships, and, above all, more tangible outcomes.”

According to Prof. Nwangwu, p0We aspire for the Africa Climate Forum to become a platform where ideas translate into policies, policies into investments, and investments into measurable improvements in the lives and livelihoods of African people.

In a goodwill message, the Founder and Executive Chair of Avocado Holdings, Dr. Oge Funlola Modie said Africa has participated in numerous climate conversations, developers policies, established partnerships, and made ambitious commitments that by now they should have yielded good results.

Modie thanked the Convener for sustaining this important platform over the past four years, bringing together diverse perspectives to address Africa’s Climate Change challenges and development priorities on the continent in general.

He argued that these efforts have been important, saying the true measure of progress lies in the ability to translate them into tangible outcomes because Africa does not lack ambition, ideas or capable people.

“What we must strengthen is our ability to align our efforts, sustain partnerships and deliver results. With these, African countries will make stead progress in climate commitments and development,” he added.