Africa Advances Climate Solutions as Urban Forum Opens in Nairobi

Samed Ağırbaş joins African leaders at the Africa Urban Forum in Nairobi to advance climate-resilient cities, sustainable urban infrastructure, and community-led solutions in water, waste, and agriculture, connecting local impact with the Action Agenda.

Discover the Action Agenda, the next era of climate action.

The Action Agenda represents a step-change for the implementation process, consolidating a decade of initiatives and innovations into a single, action-oriented framework aligned with the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake.

As part of this, our Granary of Solutions platform showcases a collection of sustainable solutions. It provides inspiration by elevating tangible examples of impact.

In parallel, Plans to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) are advancing. Driven by Activation Groups, they summarize key actions to unblock progress and to accelerate implementation worldwide.

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The HLCs work with businesses, investors, and community leaders to make climate action faster and more effective, ensuring commitments turn into solutions that benefit people today and in the future.

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The Action Agenda mobilizes voluntary climate action from civil society, businesses, investors, cities, states, and countries to intensify emission reductions, climate adaptation, and the transition to sustainable economies, as set out in the Paris Agreement.

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Connecting decision-makers across industries, cities, and communities to accelerate climate solutions.

The Climate High-Level Champions connect decision-makers across industries, cities, and communities to accelerate climate solutions that protect people, build stronger economies, and ensure a stable future. Guided by the goals of the Paris Agreement, the HLCs work to mobilize ambition and action, at the scale needed, across energy, nature, finance, and more to drive the transformations needed.

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My priorities are inclusivity and a people-centered approach along with tackling food loss, hunger, waste reduction and water and energy efficiency. At the core of all this are Zero Waste principles of resource preservation, efficiency and circularity.

Samed Ağırbaş

Climate High-Level Champion, COP31

Acting on climate change is both a growth opportunity and a key route for driving socio-economic development. We know the goals and what needs to be done. So this year must be about delivery through implementation and investment. This requires a global “mutirão”, collective leadership from the whole of society.

Dan Ioschpe

Climate High-Level Champion, COP30