On 27-30 June 2022, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), Capitals Coalition, Green Economy Coalition (GEC), and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) hosted the Africa Green Economy Conference.
The conference explored opportunities for investing in nature and developing public policy that better values Africa's unique natural capital assets, which are key to ensuring a strong and inclusive recovery, and the transition to a nature-positive economy following the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the theme Innovative Pathways for a Nature-Positive Future from Policy, Business, and Finance, the conference presented new research and initiatives, shared best practices, and engaged stakeholders in finance, government, business and civil society.
This hybrid conference was organized under the Economics for Nature (E4N) and Natural Capital for African Development Finance (NC4-ADF) initiatives, with support from the MAVA Foundation and German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ).
Opening Plenary
Closing Plenary
The conference featured two virtual sessions, the opening plenary on 27 June and the closing plenary on 30 June.
In between these sessions, local partners in Uganda, Gabon, South Africa, and Mozambique hosted in-person meetings and workshops to explore several key themes:
28 June — South Africa - Biodiversity within the Green Economy
- Incorporating nature into business at all levels is the way to a truly green economy, and public-private partnerships, tools and guidance already exist to support any company, from an SME to a JSE-listed group to do this.
- Watch Hannes Mac Nulty's full presentation on the I-Go Platform tool for SMEs.
- Watch the full panel discussion on incorporating nature into business at all levels.
- Watch Dr Gabi Teren's review of the Biodiversity Disclosure Project.
- Watch the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's Sustainability Disclosure Guidance.
- Watch Dr Oliver Cowan's presentation on the importance of critical biodiversity areas and how to measure them.
28 June — Uganda - Nature-Positive Economy
28-29 June — Gabon - Green Recovery in Africa
29 June — Mozambique - Natural Capital and Green Growth