The Africa Climate Talks aim to engage Africans from all spheres of life in the lead up to COP 21, which will be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015; to stimulate a wide-ranging discourse informed by the ...

The Ninth Meeting of Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) of UN agencies and organizations working in Africa in support of African Union (AU) and its NEPAD Programme was held at the UN Conference Center, Addis Ababa ...

Africa has the potential to act as the conscience of the world in global climate talks and to build important bridges between different interests in the global climate negotiations. Thus, Africa has taken its rightful place ...

The ClimDev-Africa Programme is an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). It is mandated at the highest level ...

The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was established in 2008 after a process of reflection and strategizing in different policy contexts on the need to mainstream climate ...

Pour tenir compte de la gravite de la dégradation de l’environnement en Afrique, la Convention accorde la priorité a cette région. En conséquence de quoi, les négociateurs ont adopté, en même temps que la Convention, une ...

This paper seeks to draw attention to the gender dimension of climate change and the need to integrate gender issues in climate change responses, with particular emphasis on women’s concerns. The paper is divided into four ...

The “Blue Economy” integrates all activities and resources derived from marine and aquatic ecosystems, including oceans, seas, coasts, rivers, lakes and groundwater. The Blue Economy concept recognizes the crucial importance ...

Ce rapport parle à propos d’un projet de résolution sur la veille météorologique mondiale et le développement économique en Afrique et c’est présenté par : Kenya, Nigeria, RAU et Sudan.

This report presents the outcome of the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting (AEGM) which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 4 and 5 may 2009, to review the draft report on the Harmonization of NMPs in the SADC subregion. ...