Climate and health in Africa

After an initial event attended by over 130 participants in October 2023, the Climate Action Accelerator is organising the 2nd edition of its regional meeting to promote experience-sharing and cross-sector collaboration on the interactions between health, climate and the environment.

This event brings together actors in the humanitarian aid and health sectors, from the private, public and academic sectors, and beyond. The event will be hybrid (in person in Dakar and online on Zoom), in French.

08h30-09h30 | Welcome coffee and networking

09h30-09h40 | Introduction | Bruno Jochum, Director of the Climate Action Accelerator

09.40-10.00 | Keynote speeches

• Dr Adjaratou Diakhou Ndiaye, Permanent Secretary of the “One Health” National Health Security High Council, Coordinator of the “One Health” national multisectoral health security programme
• Prof Amadou Thierno Gaye, Climatologist at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, former Director of the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP) in Dakar, IPCC author, former Director General of Research and Innovation at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Education.

10:00-11:10 | Session 1 | Experience-sharing session – The future of a sustainable and resilient healthcare sector: experience and knowledge-sharing

• Alexandre Robert, Climate Action Accelerator
• Mohamed Njouonkou, Climate Action Accelerator
• Geraldine Colin, SOLTHIS
• Moderated by Moustapha Tall, African Population and Health Research Center

11h10-11h30 | Coffee break

11h30-13h30 | Session 2 | Consultative workshop – Guide to climate resilience for national NGOs

• Presentation of roadmaps:
  • Ibrahim Diakite, AMCP-SP
  • Harouna Ouedraogo, KEOOGO
  • Limassou Saleh, Health Alert
  • Habil Badalo, SOS Médecins
  • Mouttari Kollé, BEFEN
• Introducing our guide for national organisations
• Explanation of the consultation exercise
• Group discussion
• Group feedback
• Moderated by Zaninka Ntagungira and Mariama Diop, Climate Action Accelerator

13h30-14h30 | Lunch break

14h30-15h45 | Session 3 | Round table and discussion – NGOs and donors: how can we strengthen collaboration and accelerate funding levers?

• Lamine Cissé, The Africa Climate Foundation
• Daouda Diouf, Fondation S
• Abdoul Aziz Diedhiou, Banque Agricole du Sénégal
• Jérémy Coutelle, ALIMA
• Moderated by Birane Salane, Climate Action Accelerator

15h45-16h00 | Closing remarks

• SUBA
• Climate Action Accelerator

16h00-17h30 | Village des solutions and cocktail networking

This event was organised thanks to the support of the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO).

Cover photo : Dimani Shehia, Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Project.