Climate change has underlined the need for Africa to build greater resilience, transforming its economies towards higher value-added production, building its energy infrastructure and boosting agriculture productivity while increasing Africa’s food and nutrition security.
This report focuses on Africa's needs to mainstream climate change into its development strategy by advancing climate-resilient development through several pathways, including: renewable energy and transformative green industrialization; agriculture, food, and nutrition security and climate change adaptation; strengthening its development finance institutions; engaging in multilateral fora; and asserting its agency in contributing to a compact on a global green new deal.
The paper is part of series of policy papers commissioned by TESS with partners on Regional perspectives on trade, climate change and sustainable development. Each paper explores regional perspectives and priorities on how international cooperation on trade and trade-related policies can support climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.