Welcome Plenary | CoM SSA Day at LoCS4Africa
Published: 3 Dec 2020
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This opening session of the CoM SSA Day serves to reflect on the importance of CoM as a catalyst for climate and energy action in Sub-Saharan Africa by providing some context on the initiative. This session will focus on success stories from CoM SSA signatories and introduce some of the key themes that will be elaborated on in the technical sessions that follow on the day.
ICLEI Africa's LoCS4Africa 2020 was presented in partnership with the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA). The congress was co-hosted by the Government of Rwanda, the City of Kigali and the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities.
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