Climate Summit: Ki-moon opens high-level Youth4Adaptation dialogue

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday opened a high-level intergenerational dialogue aimed at driving adaptation solutions and jobs on climate change in the continent.

The sideline event being held at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies is part of the ongoing Africa climate summit which opened in Nairobi Monday.

It brings together youth from across the continent under the banner Youth4Adaptation.

The group is pushing for the involvement and empowerment of youth to actively contribute to building climate resilience across the continent.

Ki-moon is the chairperson of the Global Center on Adaptation.

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, former South African first lady Graca Machel and Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba are among the guests attending the event.

The Center is working as a solutions broker in accelerating action and support for adaptation solutions in realising a climate-resilient future.

It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in the Netherlands.

It engages in innovative solutions to drive adaptation at scale, high-level policy development, new research contributions, advocacy, communications, and work with public and private partners to deliver action on the ground.

"Our work focuses on those who are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change including the poorest people in the poorest countries," a statement from the organisation reads.