President William Ruto has appointed Joseph Ng'ang'a as the CEO of the Africa Climate Summit that will be held in September in Nairobi.
Ng'ang'a, the Vice President of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), will head the ACS Secretariat and oversee the planning and coordination of all activities.
He will work closely with Environment and Forestry CS Soipan Tuya and other stakeholders.
The African Climate Summit will be co-hosted by Kenya and the African Union in Nairobi from September 4, to September 6, 2023.
Ng'ang'a is also the chairman of the Funders Council for Sustainable Energy for All and a co-founder of the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative.
GEAPP is an alliance of philanthropy, governments, technology, policy and financing partners founded by The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund.
It was was created to help accelerate clean energy for everyone, everywhere for people and the planet.
Present at Ng'ang'a's unveiling at State House, Nairobi were CEO GEAPP Simon Harford and the Vice President of Rockefeller Foundation William Asiko.
President Ruto and Tuya have rallied youth to take a leading role at the ACS.
Speaking on Friday, Tuya said effective climate action required action from the society as a whole.
She spoke when she met with youth leaders convened by the Dutch Ambassador to Kenya Maarten Bouwer, at his Nairobi residence.
"We are not leaving anybody behind, not the least our young people. I am extremely excited today that we have our young people on the table way before the summit," Tuya said.
