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
• Elina BARDRAM, Director of Adaptation and Resilience, Communication and Civil Society Relations at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), and Head of the European ‘Adaptation to Climate Change’ mission
• Paulin DANHO, Vice-Governor of Abidjan
• 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)