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Africa Coalition on Sustainable Energy (ACSEA)

ACSEA is an alliance of various organizations drawn from the civil society organizations, business/private entities, academia, research institutions promoting renewable energy, energy transformation and access in Africa. The alliance was formed in 2016. This initiative by PACJA has been advocating for a shift in investments from fossil fuels to sustainable energy access across sub-Saharan Africa. Building a strong network of CSOs, capable of influencing the delivery of sustainable energy access through this alliance.

The African Parliamentarian Network on Climate Change (APNCC) is also part of the leadership team but as an ex-official. ACSEA is currently hosted at the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance secretariat.

Vision

Africa continent’s energy demands met through low carbon and sustainable decentralised energy access to the poor.

Mission

To build a strong movement of like-minded organizations to influence for investment in renewable energy as well as for poor people living in rural communities to have access to clean, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy

Objectives

• To carry out energy related Policy research and analysis in order to inform our advocacy work.
• To create a strong movement of organizations working on, or interested in, engaging with policy/advocacy work at the local, national as well as continental level.
• To influence national governments as well as strategic regional development bodies such as the African Development Bank (AfDB) to prioritize policies that will secure investment in the sustainable energy sector as well as improving access to energy by the energy poor communities.

Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ)

Nairobi Summer School started on 21^st August 2021 at the Kenyatta University. The programme is set to target the talented and creative youths with an interest in climate change action. The aims of the program are targeted at closing a gap that has been existent in the global south. Lack of African contexts when handling matters of climate change and environmental issues more often than not fail to address the issues of indigenous people, women, the youth, pastoralists communities and other marginalized communities who are experiencing the effects of climate change on a very increased spectrum without having necessarily contributed to the same. A call to ensure that there is promotion of creative voices, social and scientific innovations that tackle a myriad of issues that revolve in and around environmental issues and climate change are the main objectives of the summer school.

The curriculum that was developed addresses all of the left-out publics and suitable for the various contexts that exist in the global south. The curriculum will be transdisciplinary. The school will aid in advocacy work geared towards an envisioned world that has 0 percent emissions. We look forward to having more enrolments in 2022 and create the change we want to see spearheaded by the youth activists.

ACLIAfrica Climate Legislation Initiative (ACLI)

This is an African Parliamentarians and civil society organizations capacity building and facilitation initiative led by PACJA. The aim of the initiative is to ensure that policy is well informed when it comes to matters of environmental and climate justice. The legislation of policies that are designed to ensure that NDCs are achieved in the bid to mitigate climate change and its effects in the continent.

Pan African Media Alliance for Climate Change (PAMACC)

An African association of environmental journalists. The alliance was formed in 2013 as a PACJA and has been operational since. The main objective of PAMACC is to provide support to journalists reporting on climate change. It is run by regional coordinators who continue to encourage journalists to set up national bodies that can be responsible for running the initiative more closely and achieve the alliance’s mandate. Creating and changing the climate change narrative using the African lens will provide a lot of insight in achieving less emission of natural gases and other mitigating aspects of climate change. It will provide a voice to the indigenous people, women and most especially the youth who are not only creative but also passionate and energetic.

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Green Climate Fund (GCF) Watch

This is a southern CSO led initiative established to aid in promotion and acceleration  of Southern CSO readiness to engage the GCF as its operations shift to national arenas, in all multi-faceted roles taken up by civil societies.

Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice

The Nairobi Summer School is a platform that brings together long-standing campaigners, activists, younger generations of climate justice advocates and practitioners to share experiences and perspectives and to reflect on just pathways to low-carbon, climate-resilient development trajectory.
Annually participants congregate to share, learn and network on key issues that drive sustainable global Climate Justice. Participation is both at individual and organizational level by way of giving talks, exhibition and/or hosting experiential learning visits and sponsoring participants.

The long-term objective of the Summer School is to continuously promote creative voices, especially from the youth, social and scientific innovations that tackle the vexed questions of environmental and climate justice, including intra and intergenerational equity.

Launched for the first time on August 31, 2021, the Nairobi Summer School brings together Climate Justice Actors including universities, research institutions, and civil societies and grassroots champions from across the world. It is a hybrid programme, with a virtual attendance and physical attendance at the Kenyatta University, Kenya but with mini-Summer Schools in various partner institutions and locations across Africa. Visit Website

SYPLACTICe

The South to South Youth Platform on Climate Justice –SYPLACTICE is a Global South platform formed under the auspices of the Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA),

it was conceptualised as a felt need by empowered and trained  alumni of the  Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice (NSSCJ) which was  hosted in Nairobi, Kenya  2022 at Kenyatta University from 30^th August – 11^th September 2021.

The young climate justice activists who were drawn from Africa, Asia Pacific and the Caribbean regions underwent a rigorous 2 weeks training and as an outcome of this initiative, the activists identified the need to remain connected and support each other in catalysing climate action in their respective countries.

Some Participants from this cohort were also roped in, paying attention to regional balance, and took part in the planning and brainstorming process

Opportunities:  SYPLACTICE Consolidate efforts and voices of Climate justice activists working across the Global South to create a strong youth climate justice advocacy platform for the Global South and grow and expand climate justice work through networks, and strengthening coordination amongst NSSCJ Alumni

• Young Digital Activists Platform

• HoA Climate Security Working Group

• PENTA Goals