African Coalition on Green Growth/fr
Organization name
African Coalition on Green Growth
Organization link
AfricanCoalitionGreenGrowth23ZW
Organization type
Dirigé par le BIPOC, Organisation de la société civile (OSC), Dirigé par des Autochtones, Dirigé par des femmes, Dirigé par les jeunes, Personnes handicapées dirigées
Country
Current focus/area
Agroécologie, Sensibilisation, Disability rights, Extractivism, Food sovereignty, Gender based violence, Gender equality, Health, Human rights, Inclusion, Indigenous rights, Movement building, Natural Resource Management, Youth empowerment, Disaster response and preparation, Economic Justice, Environmental Justice, Intergenerational Justice, Land Use, Livelihood Improvement, Social Justice, Women’s rights, Youth Leadership
Description/notes
"The African Coalition on Green Growth established in 2016, is the officially registered voluntary co-ordinating body of organizations concerned with environmental resilience and climate change within the context of pursuing inclusive and sustianbel socio-political and economic development of the people of Africa.
We envision an NGO sector that will increasingly converge and develop a unified voice in the quest to influence policies, laws, regulations, and funding practices that have a bearing on the CSO operating environment in the country. We aspire to better connect, convene, generate and co-create ideas and knowledge largely based on own knowledge and experiences in relevant fields,and coordinate diverse groups of NGOs operating in Africa through the creation of spaces and platforms for experience sharing, mutual learning, all-stakeholder engagement, linking networks, and alliances as well as strengthening civic voices.
ACGG Vision’s is: Achieving inclusive green development in Africa.
The coalition’s mission is to: Promote inclusive and sustained green economic and industrial development in Africa. Focus Areas: Human mobility in the context of climate-induced loss and damage Livelihoods & entrepreneurship for resilience building Youth & women empowerment and youth & women led action Agriculture, Forestry and land use management Natural Resources Governance Non-economic and cultural loss and damage Evidence based research Eco-tourism Industrialisation and the Environment Disaster education and response Building Climate Change Resilience Ecosystem based climate change adaptation Gender justice,environmental justice and climate justice Early warning systems and climate prediction Innovation and industrialization Climate Finance Response measures and just transitions Adaptation and renewable energy Environment and Biodiversity resilience Environmental Contamination and the Ecological Health
Compendium source
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