Seyni Nafo

Ambassador Nafo has made significant technical contributions to Africa’s sustainable development agenda over the last decade; particularly in fighting climate change, promoting renewable energy and mobilization resources.

Currently, serving as Technical Coordinator of the African Union Adaptation Initiative (AAI), Amb. Nafo is also a Alternate Member on the Green Climate Fund Board (2022-2024), as well as GoodWill Ambassador for Resource Mobilization at the African Union Green Great Wall Initiative (GGWI) since 2019. He is a Senior Adviser to H.E. Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCGLA)

In September 2020, he was invited H.E. Antonio Guterres to join the UN Secretary General High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Action. Early 2020, he was appointed by CEO Patrick Verkoiijen as the Senior Adviser for Africa of the Global Center on Adaptation, which manages the Global Commission on Adaptation chaired by Ban Ki-moon and co-led by Kristalina Georgieva and Bill Gates.

In the UN climate negotiations, Amb. Nafo served as Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN, biennial 2016-2017) and served as the AGN Spokesperson for over a faced (2011-2022).