Closing plenary – Cooperation and solidarity between Europe and Africa at the heart of the response to the challenge of resilience?

Summit conclusions

  • Ronan DANTEC, Senator for Loire-Atlantique, President of Climate Chance
  • Jean-Pascal VAN YPERSELE, Climatologist member of the IPCC

Brussels Declaration by its signatories, moderated by Vaia Tuuhia

Round table: what role for cooperation with Africa in the European adaptation strategy

  • Fatimetou ABDEL MALICK, Mayor of Tevragh Zeïna, Chair of the Nouakchott Regional Council
  • Paulin DANHO, Vice-Governor of Abidjan
  • Lorenz GROSS, Economist and Policy Analyst in the Sustainable Development and Global Relations Unit of the Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development Division
  • Michèle RUBIROLA, First Deputy Mayor of Marseille
  • Céline VANEECKHAUTE, Full Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laval University

INTPA (TBC)

Closing remarks by the host institutions, moderated by Frédéric VALLIER, Secretary General of the AIMF

European Union Presidency H2 2026 (TBC)