BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3@africaheadline.com DTSTART:20261006T080000Z DTEND:20261008T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261005T144924Z URL:https://africaheadline.com/events/african-development-bank-group-to-ho st-the-africa-policy-forum-on-natural-capital-2026/ SUMMARY:African Development Bank Group to host the Africa Policy Forum on N atural Capital 2026 DESCRIPTION:The third edition of the Africa Policy Forum on Natural Capital 2026 will take place in Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, from 6-8 October. This h igh-level continental platform will focus on moving Natural Capital Accoun ting (NCA) beyond the production of accounts and into practical use in pol icy\, public finance\, private investment and development finance decision s.\n\nUnder the theme “From Accounts to Policy: Positioning Natural Capi tal Accounting for Africa's Policy\, Finance and Investment Transformation \,” the forum will demonstrate how NCA can inform national planning\, bu dgeting\, legislation and investment decisions to transform Africa's econo mies. Technology\, artificial intelligence\, and NCA’s contribution to g reen jobs and youth employment will feature as cross-cutting priorities th roughout.\n\nThe Forum builds on the momentum of the first two Africa NCA Policy Forums\, held in Kampala\, Uganda (2019) and in Nairobi\, Kenya (20 23)\, which showed significant progress in developing natural capital acco unts and strengthening peer learning across the continent.\n\nThe two-day  forum from 6-7 October\, will be followed by the launch of Phase II of t he Mainstreaming Natural Capital in Africa Development Finance Project\, f inanced by the African Development Fund’s Climate Action Window\, and th e updated Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice (Africa NCA CoP) Strategy 2025-2030 on 08 October.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nMedia accreditation:\nJournalists wishing to cover the Forum must register for accreditation. For more information\, or to schedule interviews\, please c ontact Christin Roby\, Principal Regional Communication Officer\, East Afr ica\, c.roby@afdb.org. CATEGORIES:AFDB LOCATION:Ethiopia\, Ethiopian Skylight Hotel\; Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, Add is Ababa\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, Ethiopia X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ethiopian Skylight Hotel Ad dis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, Addis Ababa\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, Ethiopia;X-A PPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ethiopia:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR