Programme Section

Summit Programme.

Dates: 6 – 7 July 2026  |  Location: Argyle Grand Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Convened by: Kenya Climate Ventures, UNIDO, Collaborative for Frontier Finance, Impact Investing Kenya, Care Denmark and CLASP.

Theme: Accelerating Climate Adaptation Finance and Innovation for a Resilient Africa

6TH JULY 2026

CLIMATE ADAPTATION, LEGACY, IMPACT & MARKET TRANSFORMATION.

SEGMENTTIME/DATEAGENDA
Pre - Summit Engagements5 June 2026Kenya Impact Finance Forum, hosted by Impact Investing Kenya (IIK) and KCV
-1 July 2026Financing Agri-Food Systems Sustainably (FINAS) 2026: Sessions _Unlocking Sustainable Food Systems through Green Infrastructure and County Level Investment Pipelines, co - convened by KCV & FSD Kenya
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Summit Badge Collection5 July 2026
1pm - 5pm		Summit Badge Collection (at Summit Venue)
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6TH JULY 2026
CLIMATE ADAPTATION, LEGACY, IMPACT & MARKET TRANSFORMATION.

SEGMENTTIME/DATEAGENDA
Registration0700 - 0830 hrsRegistration/ Networking Breakfast
High Level Opening0900 - 1000Hrs
  • Opening Video
  • Welcome by MC
  • Welcome Statement 1: KCV CEO
  • Welcome Statement 2: Mr. Eric Kimani, Chairperson, KCV Board of Directors
  • Keynote Speech 1: Ms. Elizabeth Wilson Matioli, Senior Advisor, Climate & Green Transition _Royal Embassy of
    Denmark, Kenya
  • Keynote Speech 2: His Royal Highness, Senior Chief, Prof. King Shimumbo Nalubamba _ Mbeza Royal Establishment & University of Zambia
  • Keynote Speech 3: Ms. Linet Luvia _ Deputy Country Representative for Kenya, UNIDO
  • Keynote Speech 4: H.E. Gideon Behar, Ambassador of Israel to Kenya, &Ambassador - Designated to Uganda,
    Tanzania, Malawi and Seychelles, UNEP and UN HABITAT
  • Chief Guest Address: Dr. Eng. Festus Ng’eno, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Forestry_ Kenya
-1015 - 1115HrsHigh Level Plenary
--Climate Adaptation & Markets: What it is? how does it happen in our communities, at the enterprise level? how can it be commercialized? Promoting scalable, enterprise - led climate adaptation solutions, shifting from top - down approaches to a model where economic actors are key agents of change, building resilience through diversified products, services and market strategies that are climate smart.
-1130 -1230 HrsHigh Level Plenary
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Greening the Financial Ecosystem:announcement of new programmes, investments and partnerships in Climate Adaptation & Resilience:

-1230 - 1330Hrs

Investment Partnerships: announcement of new programmes, investments and partnerships in Climate Adaptation & Resilience:

  1. Announce commencement of the Kenya Uganda Adaptation Accelerator Programme on Unlocking investments in gender and youth-inclusive early - growth stage adaptation Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Kenya and Uganda, to be implemented by UNIDO, adelphi, Kenya Climate Ventures, Finding XY Uganda, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry _Kenya, and Ministry of Finance Uganda.
  2. Partnership Agreement between Care Denmark and Kenya Climate ventures, in Respect of implementation of a Revolving Fund for Climate Adaptation Technical Assistance and Investment Readiness Support to early - stage Climate Adaptation Enterprises in Africa
  3. Announcement of new regional investments in 20 climate adaptation enterprises under CLASP's Productive Use Financing Facility (PUFF) in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
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--Official Visit to the Exhibitions, led by the Chief Guest
-1330 - 1400HrsNETWORKING LUNCH
Thematic Dialogue1415 - 1530HrsSessions
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Session 1: Climate & Nature Governance _ explore mechanisms, policies, and institutional / governmental frameworks designed to steer adaptation to climate change, achieve effective accountability, and ensure a transformative transition to a low - carbon, enable private sector participation in adaptation investment resilient future.

Session 2: Public Sector Leadership in Climate Investment _ Public private coordination and leadership to enable climate adaptation markets.Session 3: Unlocking Pension Funds and Alternative Capital for Climate Resilience_ role and challenges for Africa’s Pension Funds in Climate Adaptation Finance for Africa’s SMEs.Session 4: Launch of Kenya Uganda Adaptation Accelerator (KUAA)_ Unlocking investments in gender and youth-inclusive early-growth stage adaptation SMEs in Kenya and Uganda
-1530 - 1600HrsNetworking Health Break
-1600 - 1730Hrs
Session 5: Capacity Building & Knowledge Exchange - Strengthening institutional, enterprise, and ecosystem capacities through training, technology transfer, peer learning, and applied knowledge sharing.Session 6: Inclusive Finance for Climate Adaptation _ gender responsive financing and for sustainable and inclusive climate adaptation systems.Session 7: Investing, Trade and Innovation _ Financing Climate -Resilient AgriFood Corridors in Africa: Mobilizing Investment Through Trade and Transport Corridors.Session 8: Investing in water, Investing in adaptation: Cross-sector pathways for resilient economies _ delivery models, systems, technology and infrastructure.
Gala Dinner1800 - 2100HrsGala Dinner & Impact Investing Champions Awards _ Invite Only,

7TH JULY 2026
CLIMATE FINANCE, RESILIENCE & INNOVATION

SEGMENTTIME/DATEAGENDA
Registration0700 - 0830HrsRegistration/ Networking Breakfast
Thematic Dialogues0830 - 1030Hrs
Session-Adaptation InvestLink
Greening the Tax Regime & other incentives: Aligning macroeconomic policy for climate adaptation investment and inclusive green development: tax and other policy that allows for (green) public investment, structural transformation and global equity. Advancing dialogue on fiscal incentives, carbon pricing, and policy reforms that accelerate private sector climate adaptation investments.-Adaptation InvestLink 1 &2: Linking Climate Adaptation SMEs to appropriate investors and lenders for capital raise and technical support. Pitches by Climate Adaptation SMEs to Financial Service Providers.
-1030 -1100HrsNetworking Health Break
-1115 -1300Hrs
Session-Adaptation InvestLink
Session 9: Climate Adaptation and Fragile Markets _highlighting investment pathways that strengthen resilience in arid, semi-arid, humanitarian, fragile and frontier markets using context - appropriate enterprise models.Session 10: Climate Adaptation and Artificial Intelligence _ exploring how technology, data, and AI can drive adaptive climate solutions and smarter investment decision making.
Leveraging data, digital tools, and AI to improve decision-making, risk management, and scaling of adaptation solutions.		Adaptation InvestLink 1 &2: Linking Climate Adaptation SMEs to appropriate investors and lenders for capital raise and technical support. Pitches by Climate Adaptation SMEs to Financial Service Providers.
-1300 -1400HrsNetworking Lunch
-1415 -1600Hrss
Session-Adaptation InvestLink

Session 11: Greening SACCOs _ exploring pathways for inclusion of SACCOs in climate adaptation finance, lessons learnt from on - going initiatives, capacity and policy support required.

Session 12: Sustainability and Climate Impact Reporting Measuring, reporting, and verifying adaptation impact aligned with global ESG and sustainability standardsInvestLink 3: Reverse Pitches by Financial Service Providers (FSPs) _ financial products on offer for climate Adaptation SMEs to unlock appropriate capital.
-16000Hrs

Summit Close 

Call to Action / Summit Declaration