Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Food Security in Africa Assembly (EBAFOSA)

Resource type: 
Research
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Type of entity: 
UN Agency
Key themes: 
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Food security
Resilience
Societal challenges: 
Climate Resilience
Food security
Scope: 
Africa
Description: 

EBAFOSA is an inclusive pan-African policy implementation action framework that provides a platform and technical guidance to all stakeholders - state and non-state to drive transformational climate action right down to communities through innovative Volunteerism. Including academia and research institutions, individual citizens, international and intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, CSOs, CBOs etc., to forge mutual partnerships in implementing policy and operational solutions to upscale EBA-driven agriculture and clean energy towards climate-proofing Africa’s food systems to unlock multiple SDGs. EBAFOSA objectives are:

  •  Combating food insecurity, climate change, ecosystems degradation and poverty,
  • Decentralizing the development and application of EBA & clean energy solutions to climate-proof food systems in countcountry-stakeholder-drivennels,
  • Unlocking multistakeholder partnerships to bridge implementation gaps towards upscaling EBA & clean energy to climate-proof food systems and maximize their productivity,
  • knowledge sharing and cross-hybridization towards enhanced investments in upscaling EBA & clean energy to climate-proof food systems and maximize their productivity
Language: 
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