Africa regional roadmap
The Africa Roadmap on Transformative Action to End Open Burning of Waste identifies the key actions to address the systemic deficiencies in waste management and promote waste to resource conversion that could generate multiple social, economic and environmental benefits. In 2025, the African Ministerial Conference on Environment endorsed the Roadmap, calling on all African national governments and local authorities to take concrete actions to implement the Roadmap.
Read the Africa Roadmap and Kisumu City Action Plan on the Climate and Clean Air Coalition website.
The stakeholder specific recommendations are available below.
Events
We have raised open burning on the agenda at several global events including UNEA 5.2, COP26 and COP27.
Open Burning of Waste in Africa Challenges and Opportunities
Professor Desta Mebratu and Dr Andriannah Mbandi, the High Level Climate consultants authored the report which examines the status of the current situation of open burning of waste in Africa and includes recommendations on how to tackle this issue.
Dr Andriannah Mbandi and Professor Desta Mebratu have authored a report titled 'Open burning of waste in Africa: challenges and opportunities', with a foreword written by the High Level Climate Champions, Nigel Topping and Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin. The report was officially launched in May 2022.
Global review of Safer End Of Engineered Life
Launched in January 2021, this major study examines what happens to consumer goods and other engineered products at the end of their useful life.
It found widespread use of unsafe management and disposal practices and calls for urgent action to address the risks posed to human life and health.