The roundtables will help to define the scope and possible substantive focus of PolyCIVIS in supporting institutional learning on Euro-African cooperation on climate, environment and energy in the context of the polycrisis. Given that the relevant European and African institutional and policy frameworks are still nascent and evolving rapidly, it will be important for PolyCIVIS to maintain a strong focus on how both continents are confronting these challenges in practice (rather than on paper).