The Center for Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA) has unveiled its gender transformative strategic plan 2025-2030, a bold initiative aimed at building an inclusive, gender transformative, and climate resilient Africa.
Speaking during the launch in Nairobi, ICCASA Communication and Advocacy Manager Faith Gikunda described the plan as a transformative roadmap for the next five years that aligns with ICCASA's vision and mission committed to bridging gender gaps and fostering social inclusion in evidence-based climate change adaptation. "This strategic plan marks a significant milestone in championing inclusive and gender-transformative climate action by building climate resilience in Kenya and Africa as a whole through gender-transformative and inclusive action and policy," said Gikunda.
Gikunda said the plan emphasizes gender-transformative climate policies, capacity-building initiatives and inclusive strategies and actions to build resilience in a resolve to ensure that climate action reaches communities, acknowledging that climate change impacts us in profoundly different ways. "We believe that women, youth, persons living with disabilities, rural agrarian-based population among other marginalized groups are key actors in driving the transformation needed for a climate resilient and equitable Africa" she said.
She divulged that climate change is one of the most critical challenges of our time, with severe consequences for vulnerable communities, particularly in Africa, and the need for gender-transformative and inclusive climate solutions is urgent. "We are inspired by a vision where every voice matters, where every community is empowered and where our collective efforts forge a path towards lasting, transformative change," she said, adding that marginalized groups, including women, youth and persons with disabilities, bear the greatest climate risks despite contributing the least to the crisis.
