The inaugural Africa Climate Summit currently being held in Nairobi, Kenya has attracted several world leaders into the country.
The 3-day summit, which is scheduled to take place from September 4, 2023, to September 6, 2023, is being held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
Africa Climate Summit aims to address the increasing exposure to climate change and its associated costs, both globally and particularly in Africa.
The Summit will serve as a platform to inform, frame, and influence commitments, pledges, and outcomes, ultimately leading to the development of the Nairobi Declaration.
President William Ruto chairs the Summit being the host.
World leaders
Several presidents and other prominent leaders are expected to attend Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi.
More than 20 African heads of state are expected in Nairobi this week for the three-day event currently underway.
The presidents of Burundi, Ghana, Comoros, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Sierra Leone are already in town.
The five leaders were received into the country by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua.
This afternoon I received H.E @GeneralNeva, President of the Republic of Burundi who arrived in Nairobi to participate in the @AfClimateSummit scheduled to take place from 4th to 5th September, 2023. President Ndayishimiye is also the Chairperson of the East African Community… pic.twitter.com/KdZ8VEOMez
— Dr. Alfred N. Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) September 3, 2023
Later this afternoon I received H.E Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros and Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion and later H.E @NAkufoAddo President of the Republic of Ghana upon their arrival in Nairobi in readiness for the @AfClimateSummit.
— Dr. Alfred N. Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) September 3, 2023
Karibuni Kenya. pic.twitter.com/MruJQc56Is
This evening at the JKIA, I have welcomed H.E Brahim Ghali, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic upon his arrival in Nairobi to participate in the Africa Climate Summit.
— Dr. Alfred N. Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) September 3, 2023
Karibu Kenya Rais. pic.twitter.com/K7IJ8AUnNo
Early this morning, I received H.E. @PresidentBio President of the Republic of Sierra Leone who arrived in Nairobi to take part in the @AfClimateSummit scheduled to commence today at the @KICC_kenya, Nairobi.
— Dr. Alfred N. Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) September 4, 2023
Karibu Kenya. pic.twitter.com/ZInxOsvR8h
Other global leaders expected include: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and Senior Managing Director of the World Bank, Axel van Trotsenburg.
US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Global Green Growth Initiative chairperson Ban Ki Moon, AU Commission chair Moussa Faki and International Renewable Energy Agency director general Francesco La Camera.
Ruto will hold bilateral meetings with some of the leaders visiting Kenya.
