Partners launch African climate research programme
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The eagerly awaited launch of the Climate Research for Development (CR4D) took place on the side-lines of the AMCOMET meeting in Praia, Cabo Verde. Presiding over the program’s launch, the Least Developed Countries Group (LDC) and The Gambia Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources, Parks and Wildlife underscored the central role climate research plays in informing development and policy formulation in Africa. It called on the initiative to urgently address critical development sectors including agriculture, energy and water resources. On disaster risk reduction, the minister noted that climate information and climate information services are robust approaches for mitigating disaster risk.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2015-05). Partners launch African climate research programme. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/35348”Collections
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