The Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan African would like to invite you to join our hybrid session at COP26 on 4 November 2021 in the Multi-Level Action Pavilion. The event will be streamed in English, French and Portuguese. This session will provide an opportunity for African Mayors to engage in discussion with high-level climate representatives from the United Nations, the European Commission, and other key stakeholders around the expected outcomes of the negotiations at COP26 and the implications for local governments. Register here to join virtually. 

The CoM SSA session at COP26 will provide the opportunity for African Mayors to engage with high-level climate representatives from the UN, the European Commission, and other key stakeholders around the expected outcomes of the negotiations at COP26 and the implications for cities in Africa.

The Local Governments and Municipal Authorities Constituency (LGMA) has called for COP26 to show that multilevel and collaborative actions are necessary. The more institutions, organisations and governments that work together, the more we can seek support for actions, including finance, investment, capacity building, research and innovation.

During the session, local government leaders will have the chance to share their perspectives, elaborate on actions they are taking on the ground, as well as outcomes from both CoM SSA Day at the Climate Chance Summit and Africa Climate Week, which took place earlier in September 2021.

 They will be given the opportunity to speak on their expectations in relation to Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plans (SEACAPs) and related climate action plans and how these contribute to achieving the Paris Agreement. Leaders will share how they envision unlocking climate finance for sustainable infrastructure, climate change adaptation, energy access, NbS and further supporting the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

This session is organised by CoM SSA, the regional arm of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) which is the largest global alliance for city climate leadership across the globe.

Expected outcomes:

• Feeding into the negotiations;
• Hearing the local perspective from Mayors;
• Highlighting the importance of joint efforts and multilevel governance in achieving climate action goals, which will allow all levels of government to rapidly and boldly advance climate action;
• Emphasising the need to align SEACAPs with countries’ National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and NDCs;
• Hearing the negotiators’ expectations for COP26, and;
• Hearing from the LGMA on their COP26 expectations.

REGISTER HERE TO JOIN ONLINE: [The session will be livestreamed via the HopIn platform. Further details will be available once you have registered.]