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Climate science information and service in Africa : status,gaps and policy implications
(2011-11)
Climate variability and change are serious challenges to sustainable development in Africa. The current famine crisis in Somalia and the surrounding region is yet another reminder of how fluctuations in the climate can ...
Governance for peace and security in a changing climate
(2010-10)
Africa’s vulnerability arises from a combination of many factors, including extreme poverty, rising population, frequent natural disasters such as droughts and floods, and agricultural systems (crop and livestock production) ...
Climate change and health across Africa : issues and options
(2011-11)
This working paper lays out the current state of knowledge regarding direct and indirect impacts of environmental factors on health across Africa. While there are many uncertainties in magnitudes of climate change, ...
Climate change and water resources of Africa : challenges, opportunities and impacts
(2011-11)
The paper focuses on the current level of water use by the various sectors and the potential and opportunities for future development. Sensitivity of the water sector to current climate variability and future climate change ...
Fossil fuels in Africa in the context of a carbon constrained future
(2011-11)
Africa has considerable reserves of fossil fuels of all kinds: oil, coal and natural gas. Much of this resource is either utilized outside of Africa or some of the resource is not developed at all for use within the ...
Filling the gap : expanding the financing for adaptation under the UNFCCC through a levy on international transport services
(2011-11)
The impacts of global warming and climate disruption are currently being experienced in Africa, where more than 150 million people are intensely vulnerable and severely at risk. Africa is the continent that is most vulnerable ...
Changements climatiques et développment des infrastructures : document de travail no 8
(2010-10)
Après des décennies d’investissements insuffisants, le mauvais état des infrastructures en Afrique est un frein majeur au développement du continent. Une infrastructure en bon état contribuerait nettement à la réalisation ...
Report on environment statistics and climate change
(2010-01)
The first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE) was held in Stockholm, Sweden from 5 to 16 June 1972. This was the first major international gathering focused on human activities in relationship to the ...
Résume des travaux et recommandations 3ème conférence annuelle sur le changement climatique et le développements en Afrique (CCDA-III)
(2013)
L’objectif global de la conférence était de tirer profit des deux éditions précédentes CCDA-I et II et de susciter le débat entre experts et acteurs sur comment les opportunités du changement climatique peuvent renforcer ...
Contribution of working group III to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change: mitigation of climate change
(2014)
Sustainable development and equity are the basis upon which climate change policies should be assessed and demonstrate the importance of reducing the risk of climate change. Policies to address climate change are interlinked ...