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How can Global Stocktake facilitate the regional green growth agenda through adaptation implementation and resilience building? (6^th September 2023; 8:00 – 9:00 East Africa Time)

The iGST West Africa Regional Hub led by WASCAL and CSIR South Africa co-organized the event with its funder ClimateWorks Foundation, and its iGST partners namely, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The event explored the region’s green growth potential by looking ahead to the GST outputs and discussing the role of civil society, especially the private sector, in this process. 

To co-develop the operationalization document of the iGST West Africa Regional Hub, in-country and online workshops were organized to collect inputs from the members. Using this bottom-up approach, we gathered contributions from over 100 organizations, mainly from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo. The key issues discussed included the structure of the hub, modalities of engagement of members, as well as the roadmap of activities.

The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference will convene from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It will comprise:

• the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28);
• the fifth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 5);
• the 18th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 18);
• the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 59); and
• the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 59).