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Mr Sharma will meet newly-elected President Ruto and cabinet
ministers to discuss Kenya’s continued climate leadership
ahead of COP27
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The COP President will visit wind and geothermal sites
contributing to Kenya’s clean energy transition
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Mr Sharma will also meet with youth, civil society and
private finance representatives to discuss local
implementation of policies that honour the Glasgow Climate
Pact
COP26 President will travel to Kenya from 5-7
October, following his attendance at Pre-COP in the DRC. The
visit is an opportunity to engage with the new Kenyan
administration on its commitment to maintain global climate
leadership, and make a final call ahead of COP27 for countries to
honour the Glasgow Climate Pact by accelerating their own clean
energy transitions.
On his third visit to the country, Mr Sharma will spotlight key
progress being made in this sector towards limiting global
temperature rises to below 1.5 degrees. He will encourage
President Ruto and his senior ministers to help build momentum
for further change ahead of COP27 in the face of challenging
global circumstances.
The COP President will travel to several renewable energy
generation sites around Nairobi including Ngong Hills Wind Farm
and Olkaria Geothermal Power Station, which has grown to the
largest geothermal facility in Africa since being seed funded
by the UK Government in 1981. He will highlight this
infrastructure as a model of how other countries can deploy
renewables.
While in Nairobi, Mr Sharma will attend a roundtable with youth
climate leaders and members of civil society to hear about how
climate policy can be transformed into local action.
The COP President will also engage with key figures in Kenyan
finance at a climate finance event to understand how private
capital is being mobilised in the country to combat climate
change through green bonds, carbon credits, and climate-related
financial disclosures.
, COP26 President, said:
“Kenya continues to set an example to the rest of the African
continent and the world, demonstrating an appetite to pursue
green economic growth and achieve a just, renewable energy
transition.
“I am pleased to see President Ruto reaffirm Kenya’s commitment
to transition to 100% clean energy by 2030, and look forward to
the positive impact this will have on growth, jobs and access to
energy.
“But the drought currently afflicting this country is a stark
reminder that, in order to save and safeguard lives from the
devastating impacts of climate change, we must all redouble our
efforts to go further and faster in delivering on the promises of
the Glasgow Climate Pact.”
After his visit to Kenya, the COP26 President will travel to
Washington DC to attend the 2022 Annual Meetings of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG)
from 14-16 October.
