Roadmap for Transformative Action on Open Burning

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.  

The Regional Roadmap is split into sections, highlighting:

• why we should all take urgent action to respond to the waste crisis and end open burning,  
   
• what action needs to be taken by national governments, local authorities and finance institutions, in the form of the transformative action framework,  
   
• and how these actions can be implemented.