Activity under preparation EU Contribution to Phase IV of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan African The action aims at enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as access to sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa through actions implemented in and/or by cities. Action at urban level will be paramount for achieving the green transformation of economics and the importance of cities for addressing and responding to climate change has increasingly been recognised in the COP processes, inter alia evidenced through the ministerial meeting on cities introduced at COP27.The current action concerns the support to the phase IV of CoMSSA, which will build on and expand achievements of phase III. The action will advance the climate action on the city-level through three inter-related strands: -Support the capacity of cities to plan, implement and monitor climate actions plans;-Accelerate investments in climate responses in cities; -Further enhance networks among participating cities for peer exchanges and advocacy.The programme is foreseen to be implemented through Member States Organisation that are already active in the field of support to and engaging with cities on  climate action. The proposed action will, thus, contribute to a more coordinated EU response to provide support on climate action to SSA cities.