This week, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Energy, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) participated in the Africa Climate Summit, which convened leaders, ministers, and civil society representing countries from across Africa in the effort to respond to the climate crisis. This partnership built on President Biden’s commitments during the December 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC.
Key announcements from this week’s summit included:
- $30 Million to Support Initiatives[1] under the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) in Africa:
- The United States intends to provide an additional $20 million to the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) Food Security Accelerator, which will…
