The challenges of climate change and the responses to be provided for the benefit of African population

The overall objective of this project is to promote an ecological transition transforming the challenge of climate change into an opportunity for mobilization and convergence of efforts for sustainable economic and social development at the service of African citizens.\r\n\r\n\r\nMore specifically, the project consists of building, with African citizens, taking into account the specificities of different countries, common positions and recommendations for action on the following dimensions:\r\n• Effective climate justice\r\no For Africa vis-à-vis the rest of the world, given the glaring disproportion between limited historical responsibility and excessive vulnerability\r\no Within Africa with regard to issues of social and territorial inequalities, as well as gender inequalities\r\n• Inclusive green growth\r\no The transition to a sustainable economic and social model with and for the benefit of the African citizen, taking into account intangible capital and identifying new opportunities\r\no Citizen climate action for the benefit of the emergence of a common African narrative\r\n• An African green movement\r\no The mobilization of African experts, citizens, civil society, governments and pan-African institutions to make the climate transition a success for the benefit of African citizens.\r\no The creation of a space for discussion and multi-stakeholder consultation.\r\n\r\nThe proposed working method is organized as follows:\r\n1. Component 1: Inventory and diagnosis\r\nThe purpose of this component is to present a general inventory of the progress made in the implementation of the NDCs and the constraints in terms of planning and financing.\r\n2. Component 2: construction of the recommended solutions\r\nThe purpose of this component is to identify solutions to the problems caused by climate change.\r\nThis will involve identifying the priorities for action by States, civil society and pan-African organizations to strengthen common African climate action. Priorities can be given to the governance process, as a key function in the implementation of an inclusive citizen-centered strategy and the strengthening of the necessary cooperation mechanism. This will serve in particular to feed into the UCESA roadmap. This action will be carried out in particular with the support of the IPCC, the ECA and the ADB.\r\nThe purpose of this work will be to develop an advocacy document that could take the form of a citizen manifesto highlighting a common African vision for inclusive climate action. This deliverable will be based on the priorities and solutions identified and articulated with the main African initiatives.\r\n\r\n3. Component 3: presentation and adoption\r\nThe third component consists of presenting the draft recommendations of the final deliverable to the UCSA authorities.\r\nThe working group will make a presentation to the Bureau in order to collect the observations and its validation. Subsequently, the project will be presented to the General Assembly for adoption.\r\nThe validated deliverable will be the key advocacy instrument of UCESA, and through it African organized civil society, for the implementation, through active cooperation, of measures likely to change the paradigm of climate action by placing the citizen back at his center.\r\n\r\n4. Component 4: advocacy and sensitization\r\nThis last phase would make it possible to bring the action to life beyond the Moroccan presidency of the UCESAA. African civil society, but not only, could use this manifesto to sensitize the various actors on climate action beyond the framework of the UCESA.