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Quality of climate finance
Questioning the architecture of climate finance and its access conditions.
5th edition Climate & Energy Week · Dakar · 20–24 July 2026
Let's transform SUSTAINABLY
Let's transform SUSTAINABLY
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For five days, public decision-makers, researchers, local authorities, civil-society organisations, businesses, young people and international partners come together to build concrete solutions and accelerate the energy and climate transition in Africa.
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An African platform for climate action
La Climate & Energy Week est le rendez-vous annuel des acteurs engagés dans la transition écologique et énergétique en Afrique.
This fifth edition aims to strengthen synergies between research, public policy, territories and communities to promote fairer, more inclusive and more sustainable climate action.
Faced with growing climate challenges, the event focuses on knowledge production, cooperation between stakeholders and the development of local solutions tailored to African realities.
05
editions
40+
speakers
04
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05
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GENERAL TOPIC
Four cross-cutting pillars
The theme highlights the power dynamics in the production and use of knowledge.
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Just transition & equity
Addressing social and territorial inequalities, carbon markets and energy sovereignty.
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Eco-citizenship & training
Mobilising around climate-change education and local knowledge.
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Territorial resilience
Strengthening the synergy of the Rio triplet and multi-level cooperation.
Thematic Organization
Five days, one momentum
DAY 1 · 07/20
Education, training, financing and community action in the territories
- Inaugural lectureEducation, training, financing and community action in the territories
- 1st panelDialogue between community stakeholders, universities and research centres on documenting endogenous and local knowledge
- 2nd panelIntegrating local knowledge and initiatives into territorial planning and public policy
- 3rd PanelEco-citizenship and the role of teaching and training for climate-change education: which approaches and teaching tools for a broad mobilisation of all
DAY 2 · 07/21
Synergy across the Rio triplet: climate, biodiversity and desertification, with a gender lens
- Interactive session — BiodiversityWhat model of sustainable management and equitable access to natural resources for communities (focus on biodiversity)?
- Interactive session — DesertificationMobilization of stakeholders and eco-citizenship for the sustainable management of land and natural resources (focus on desertification)
- Joint sessionConsistency and synergy: carbon equity, financing, ecosystem management
DAY 3 · 07/22
Adaptation, a priority for LDCs: initiatives, actions and policies for LDC resilience
- 1st panelLocal climate action planning: from community initiatives to locally led territorial adaptation planning
- 2nd panelWhat priority and appropriate adaptation actions should be implemented for the benefit of communities affected by loss and damage related to climate change?
- Interactive dialogueHow can the lessons learned from existing financing instruments guide the establishment of a territorially oriented national climate fund?
DAY 4 · 07/23
Sustainable transitions and partnership for future-oriented climate action
- Opening noteThe just energy transition
- 1st panelEnergy transition, critical minerals and carbon sobriety: what are the prospects for innovative and sustainable energy systems?
- 2nd panelDebt and carbon sobriety: What partnership and financing models are needed for a just and sustainable transition in developing countries?
- Interactive dialogueTransition and jobs: How to mitigate potential job losses and strengthen the technology partnership
DAY 5 · 07/24
Towards COP31 on climate and COP17 on biodiversity and desertification: the voice and stance of African civil society
- Opening addressMinister for the Environment and Ecological Transition
- Round table 1A comparative look at the issues of COP31 and COP17
- Round table 2Co-construction of African civil society’s positions on the priority issues of COP31 and COP17
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