This text was produced with the help of AUDA NEPAD
Ms. Bekele-Thomas has accepted the appointment and joins a distinguished board chaired by H.E. Macky Sall, 4th President of the Republic of Senegal, alongside Mr. Rodger Voorhies, President of the World Progress & Alternative Division on the Gates Basis, and Mr. Francis X. Suarez, Mayor of Miami.
“I’m honoured to just accept this appointment at such a pivotal second for Africa and the world,” mentioned Ms. Bekele-Thomas. “As we face accelerating local weather impacts that disproportionately have an effect on our continent, Africa’s voice have to be central to international adaptation governance. By way of this platform, we’ll make sure that our implementation priorities, improvement pathways, and confirmed options form the selections and financing that can decide our collective local weather future.”
The appointment comes at a crucial juncture because the world approaches a local weather breaking level, with Africa bearing essentially the most extreme impacts regardless of contributing least to the disaster.
GCA President and CEO Prof Patrick Verkooijen mentioned ‘As GCA enters the subsequent section of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) 2.0, Ms. Bekele-Thomas’s management will make sure that Africa’s resilience-building agenda stays on the forefront—notably within the lead-up to COP30 in Belém and the decisive decade of local weather motion forward.’
Beneath her stewardship, AUDA-NEPAD has championed regionally led adaptation and institutional capability constructing for climate-resilient improvement throughout the continent. Her confirmed observe report in advancing intergovernmental coordination and translating coverage into motion makes her an indispensable voice on the Supervisory Board.
The appointment reinforces Africa’s place as a driving drive in shaping the worldwide adaptation agenda, making certain the continent’s resilience-building efforts obtain the political management, coordination, and financing they demand.
