Atlantic Council Panel on 2022 African Economic Outlook Pushes for ‘Africa agenda’ at COP 27

Atlantic Council Panel on 2022 African Economic Outlook Pushes for ‘Africa agenda’ at COP 27

Africa deserves the highest priority attention at the United Nations climate conference, COP 27 to be held in November this year, panel members discussing the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) African Economic Outlook 2022 (https://bit.ly/2Z1dRwt) in an event hosted by the Atlantic Council, said on Wednesday.

A team from the African Development Bank Group, led by Acting Chief Economist and Vice President Kevin Urama, is in Washington D.C. to present the African Economic Outlook 2022, a flagship publication of the Bank, to international thought leaders and other targeted bodies. Under the theme, Supporting Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition in Africa, this year’s report highlights climate change as a growing threat to lives and livelihoods in Africa.

In a video message during one of the sessions, president and Chief Executive Officer of Bezos Earth Fund, Andrew Steer, urged African and world leaders to think bolder and work more creatively together as they prepare for COP 27, which will take place in Egypt.

Steer, a former World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change believes that COP 27 gives the world an incredible opportunity to think big about Africa. “We need to make it Africa’s COP. So, what the African Development Bank and the Atlantic