Awareness raising forms the major component of all activities of ACCI. It involves educating the general public informally on issues of climate change and the environment through various communication settings such as interpersonal, group, public and mass communication as well liaising with educational institutions for lessons on climate and environmental literacy to be inculcated into their curriculum.
ACCI also takes action in nature conservation by helping vulnerable communities to develop livelihoods that keep them from over relying on the natural environment for sustenance. The communities are also empowered to protect and conserve certain fauna and flora species as a way of conserving nature while promoting biodiversity.
ACCI also engages in advocacy in order to influence policies and decisions that affect the vulnerable.
The mandate of ACCI also covers the responsible and sustainable exploitation and usage of natural resources. This includes the exploitation of natural resources in a manner that ensures environmental and resources sustainability.
Research forms the bedrock of all activities at ACCI. Issues that need attention are properly investigated to establish the gaps before actions are applied.
Green housing involves the construction of houses with very little or no usage of renewal natural resources such as wood or grasses. ACCI believes that the promotion of such a technique of housing will help save the depletion of vegetative matter in the environment and promote carbon sequestration and transpiration which will ultimately improve precipitation.
The ACCI’s concept of green economy is derived from the one defined by the United Nation’s Environment Program (UNEP (2011a). UNEP defines green economy as one that results in an improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. Building on this definition, the concept will be expended to include the definition provided by FAO which says “greening the economy with agriculture refers to increasing food security (availability, access, stability and utilization) while using fewer natural resources, through improved efficiencies throughout the food value chain. This can be achieved by applying an ecosystem approach to agriculture, forestry and fisheries management in a way that addresses the multiplicity of societal needs and desires, without jeopardizing options for future generations to benefit from all goods and services provided by terrestrial and marine ecosystems.”