Französische Str. 32, 10117 Berlin
9:00 - 14:00 CET
The aim of this workshop is to explore the gender dimensions of the two major challenges of our time, rising inequality and accelerating climate change, within a unified framework.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
09:00 AM to 10:30 AM GMT+3
Join us for the "Capacitation for Minerals-Based Circular Economy Models in Africa" event.
Online
11:00 - 12:30 PM CET
Join us for the BRICS Post-Summit Panel Discussion Webinar event.
Children and Youth Pavilion; Pavilion No. D8, Blue Zone; Baku, Azerbaijan
1:30 - 2:15 PM GMT+4
Join us at COP29 as APRI and SYND convene a side event to discuss the challenges and share insights on increasing youth interest and participation in green technology development.
IGAD Pavilion; Pavilion No. D9, Blue Zone; Baku, Azerbaijan
4 - 5:30 PM GMT+4
Join us at COP29 as APRI and SYND convene a side event to discuss challenges and share insights on scaling green technology innovation to create youth employment.
Online
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CET
Join us for the Youth Resilience on a Planet in Crisis launch event.
Online
14:00 pm - 15:30 CET
Join us for the Financing the Climate Agenda: Demands from African Countries for COP 29 webinar event.
Treasure Suites & Conferences, Abuja
9 AM - 12 PM WAT
Join us for the Nigeria In-country Roundtable Discussion Event
Dusit Princess Hotel, Nairobi
08:00am – 12:30pm EAT
Join us for the Kenya In-country Roundtable Discussion Event
Alisa Hotel, Accra
10:00-1:00 pm GMT
Join us for the Youth-Driven Climate Smart Agriculture in Ghana: Insights and Next Steps
Online
12:00 - 1:30pm WAT
Aufnahme
Join our webinar on Energizing Africa – Enabling Private Sector Development in Renewable Energy
Online
14:00 CEST
Aufnahme
Join our webinar on German-Africa Feminist Development Policy: What’s Next?
Hybrid
9:30 am - 6pm CEST
Discover how climate change impacts Africa and how African journalists are covering it! Join us in Berlin on World Press Day, Mai 3, 2024.
Hybrid
9:00 am - 1:00 pm WAT
We invite you to join us to discuss how Nigeria can attract climate finance by integrating climate action into its economic development plans.
Hybrid
9:00 am - 1:30 pm WAT
We invite you to a stakeholder engagement event in the context of an ongoing project on methane mitigation and reduction in Nigeria's oil and gas sector.
Hybrid, in-person in Berlin with live broadcast
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm CET
Aufnahme
Join us for the Kick-Off Event | Africa in The World High-Level Roundtable Series.
Zero-Carbon Future pavilion at COP 28, Dubai
10:30 - 11:30 GST
Join us for "Local Solutions, Global Impact: A Deep Dive into West Africa's Climate Adaptation Landscape" in-person event.
Zero Carbon Future Pavilion in the Blue Zone, Dubai
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm GST
Join us for "From Promises to Partnerships: Opportunities to Reshape Africa-Europe Partnerships for Effective Climate Action" in-person event.
Online
11:00 am - 12:30 pm CET
Aufnahme
Join us for "Green Technology and Youth Employment Potential in Africa: A Continental Scoping Report" launch event.
Online
02:30 - 04:00 PM CET
Aufnahme
Join us for the webinar on Climate Change Adaptation effort in Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus, Ziegelstraße 30, 10117 Berlin
15:15 - 16:45 CEST
Join us for the "Partnership in Progress: Türkiye-Africa Relations' discussion
Online Webinar
14:00 - 15:30 CEST
Aufnahme
Join us for "Beyond the BRICS 2023 Summit: Outcomes and Next Steps" webinar on August 31, 2023; 14:00 - 15:30 CET
Coconut Groove Hotel, Accra
08:30 - 01:00 pm GMT
Join us for "The Climate Change Adaptation in Senegal: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices Final Workshop" on August 10, 2023 at 8:30 AM
Chida International Events Centre, Abuja
09:30 - 02:00 pm WAT
Join us for "The Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices Final Workshop" on August 8, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Hôtel Filaos, Saly, Mbour, Senegal
08:30-03:00pm GMT
APRI - Africa Policy Research Institute in close collaboration with ENDA Energie is hosting a one day workshop today to launch the report on Locally-led Adaptation. The report is a result of the Climate Change Adaptation: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices project implemented by APRI with ENDA Energie.
Online
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (CEST, GMT +2)
Aufnahme
To understand the dynamics of attracting investment into the African Continental Free Trade Area, our experts discussed the best strategies to promote Africa's single market, and how stakeholders can work together to achieve this goal.
Open Society Foundations, Jägerstraße 54, Berlin 10117
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Aufnahme
In a region plagued by climate breakdown, armed conflict, food insecurity, and extreme poverty, will Nigeria’s newly-elected president set out the kind of effective development agenda needed for a more positive and productive period ahead?
German Parliamentary Society, 10117 Berlin
18:30 – 20:00hrs
The German Africa Foundation and the Africa Policy Research Institute cordially invite you to an expert discussion.
Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, APRI organized an event to discuss the potential implications and opportunities the European Green Deal entails for the African private sector. The event included a panel discussion that takes as a point of departure a presentation of the key findings of the new policy brief.
Central Hotel, Accra, 5 Julius Nyerere Road, Ridge, Accra
09:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. GMT
The Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) in collaboration with the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre organised a one-day workshop that brought together various stakeholders operating in the fields of climate change adaptation space to identify pathways, strategies and shared stakeholder ambitions for deepening and advancing locally-led adaptation.
Fleur de Lys Hotel, Dakar, Senegal
08:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CEST
Aufnahme
The Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) and ENDA ENERGIE organised a multi-stakeholder workshop to share preliminary results of case studies on locally Leed adaptation experiences for the agriculture, coastal zone and health sectors.
Sandralia Hotel, Jabi, Abuja
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. WAT
The Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices Project is aimed at understanding the status, challenges and opportunities of climate change adaptation in Nigeria with a particular emphasis on locally-led adaptation.
Online
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CET
Aufnahme
In the aftermath of COP27, APRI organised a fireside chat with the lead researchers of the said report to reflect on the key outcomes of COP27 and what these mean for financing Africa's climate agenda in 2023 and beyond. The Event discussed the public climate finance delivery, implementation mechanisms and architecture in Africa in the context of the outcomes at COP27.
Lecture Theatre 7, Graduate Business School, Breakwater Campus, University of Cape Town (Streame )
12:00 p.m. SAST (South Africa Standard Time)
This lecture spoke to the emerging climate policy arena and maps actors, coalitions and contestations associated with implementing South Africa’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and its associated Just Energy Transition Partnership (JET-P).
Online (Twitter Space)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CET
Aufnahme
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Africa Policy Research Institute, APRI, has been tracking the effects of the war on African countries through a series of essays written by experts in various sectors. The essays cover a range of topics from energy policy and changes in geopolitics to the effects on Africa’s digital transformation. APRI hosted a two-part discussion with the experts who wrote the essays, to discuss the effects the war in Ukraine has had on African countries.
CATF Zero Carbon Future Pavilion, Blue Zone
14.30 – 15.30 EET
Going into COP27, Africa’s needs vis-à-vis the current climate finance mechanism and architecture – as well as their alignment with realities in African countries – need to be made clear. To this end, APRI undertook a study to explore the systems that underpin public climate finance delivery and implementation in South Africa, Ghana, and Zambia.
Mensvic Hotel, East Legon, Accra
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. WAT
Going into COP27, Africa’s needs vis-à-vis the current climate finance mechanism and architecture – as well as their alignment with realities in African countries – need to be made clear. To this end, APRI, in partnership with the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), undertook a study to explore the systems that underpin public climate finance delivery and implementation in Ghana.
Radisson Blu Hotel, Lusaka
08:00 a.m. Harare, Pretoria time
The project analysed the practical experiences and challenges state and non-state actors encounter in accessing and administering climate finance. T he new report from this project provides empirical evidence to support Africa's negotiating positions around climate finance and opportunities and pathways to solutions.
Office of the Africa Association, Friedrichstr. 206 entrance Zimmerstr. 10969 Berlin
09:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CEST
This year's UN climate conference COP 27 is taking place in Egypt under the motto "Together for Implementation". This time the COP places a special focus on the African continent and the associated climate and energy issues. Raising the national climate targets, dealing with climate-related failures and damage, and the issue of climate finance are the focus of the negotiations. For African stakeholders, questions about climate finance and the delayed provision of funds for climate protection are particularly important.
Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders Haus, Room 3.101, Deutscher Bundestag, Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin
09:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. CEST
African countries are already bearing the brunt of the consequences of climate change, despite contributing little to creating it. The funding gap, especially in the area of adaptation to climate change, is therefore one of the greatest challenges and one of the most important concerns of African countries.
Online
1700hrs - 1800hrs CEST
Aufnahme
During this event, we discussed the African debt landscape with a focus on the effects of increased access to international financial markets, role of credit ratings and the various debt restructuring agreements. The event built on the two policy briefs that were published earlier this year.
Online
1700hrs - 1800hrs CEST
Aufnahme
The event discussed key policy recommendations from APRI’s study on G7-Africa climate relations and how and if Germany’s climate club initiative can be designed to increase multilateral support for African countries. The event deepened the current discussion on how the G7 can make concrete progress in supporting Africa’s climate agenda.
Online
03:00 p.m. - 04:15 p.m. CET
Aufnahme
The Africa Policy Research Institute in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Washington, D.C. office interrogated the place of AfCFTA within the emerging global climate agenda and Africa’s own emerging climate agenda. This webinar extends APRI’s Africa’s Climate Agenda Program.
Online
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CEST
Aufnahme
The Africa Policy Research Institute in collaboration with the Office of MEP Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana hosted the webinar to explore the relationship between Africa and Europe and to collectively deliberate on strategies for a mutually beneficial partnership to enhance sustainable investment in key sectors for both continents. The webinar built on the volume edited by Olumide Abimbola and Faten Aggad.
Online
1 p.m GMT / 2 p.m. CET / 4 p.m EAT
Aufnahme
The objective of the webinar was to provide an overview of the current impacts of AI within the African region, to review the emerging policy responses, and to set out a series of policy recommendations to strengthen the development of locally relevant AI technologies and ecosystems in diverse African societies.
Online
4:00pm EAT
Aufnahme
The objective of the event was to map the gains and the gaps in implementing digital agendas and strategies by African countries to date – and to collectively deliberate on how the continent should develop and implement digital policies moving forward. It builds on a report titled “What is Africa’s Digital Agenda?” that was produced by Olumide Abimbola, Faten Aggad and Bhaso Ndzendze.
Online (Zoom Webinar)
18:00 to 19:00 SAST (GMT +2)
The Ethical Humanitarianisms project is a collaboration with the Friedensau Institute for Evaluation (FIFE), Germany. The project thus interrogates the ontological and epistemological assumptions that underpin different imaginaries of humanitarianism and ask what it will mean and take to decolonise these. That is, how to account for acts of kindness that usually are not included in “formal” humanitarian projects or conceptions of humanitarianism.
Online
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CEST
Aufnahme
The discussion input focused on the connections between debt and climate finance, on the conditions for fair trade with goods as well as digital services, as well as on a vision for the global economy that promotes and protects diversity, human rights and gender equality.