This coming Thursday sees the launch of the Summary for Decision Makers of the African Union/UNEP/CCAC Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa. The launch will occur at a COP27 side event happening on Thursday 17th November at 14:30 Egypt Standard Time (12:30 UTC) in the Africa Union Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The event will also be live-streamed in English and French (open to all). The full assessment will be released at the end of this year.

The Assessment, developed by African scientists in a process led by the Stockholm Environment Institute, shows how African leaders can act quickly across five key areas: transport, residential, energy, agriculture, and waste, to fight climate change, prevent air pollution, protect human health and advance development. At the side event, representatives from the CCAC, the African Union, and other partners will launch the Assessment, and discuss how to fast track implementation of the recommended measures.

The Assessment is founded upon national-scale, continent-wide modeling of Africa's GHG, SLCP, and air pollution emissions developed primarily within SEI's LEAP platform, which was used as the basis for extensive modeling of climate and health impacts conducted in other models including NASA'S GISS climate model. The open-source LEAP model developed for the Assessment will be released and made freely available to all when the Assessment is launched.

French language live stream | English language live stream

For those at COP27, the Africa Pavilion is located in COP27 Blue Zone, Area B, Pavilion number P16.