Acting in its capacity as the Secretariat of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development, CCCPA--in cooperation with the African Development Bank (AfDB)--organized a virtual workshop as part of the Geneva Peace Week, titled “Accelerating Climate Finance for Sustaining Peace in Africa: Towards Integrated, Sustainable and Innovative Financing”.

The workshop discussed the main challenges and opportunities for accelerating and diversifying climate finance in fragile and conflict-affected settings as well as advancing integrated climate finance that leverages the cross-cutting benefits of climate adaptation, peacebuilding and resilience.

The speakers put forward a number of suggestions and recommendations to bridge the gap between the climate finance and peacebuilding finance communities. They highlighted the imperative for advancing robust partnerships, leveraging the co-benefits of climate adaptation for resilience and peacebuilding, and devising specific financing mechanisms for fragile and conflict-affected countries.