Africa-EU CO-FUND action on climate

investigación innovación I+D+i desarrollo tecnológico europeo. HORIZON Programme Cofund Actions Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: A long-term collaboration on climate change research between the EU and the African Union is established through development and implementation of the Climate Action pillar of the EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (CCSE), [1] in co-design between African and European partners; Reduced fragmentation by aligning the EU, national and multilateral R&I efforts with increased leverage and impact of funding; African scientific, policy and practice communities have knowledge and tools to better understand, withstand and adapt to the accelerating effects of climate change, fostering science-based implementation of the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change, the international dimensions of the EU Adaptation and Preparedness Union Strategy, the Global Gateway and the Team Europe Initiative on Adaptation and Resilience in Africa [2] ; African science is better accounted for and African scientists are better represented in international fora such as IPCC and UNFCCC. Scope: Th