A new framework developed by the African Climate Policy Centre provides governments with a vital tool for calculating – and minimizing – the costs of climate disasters. If governments are to invest in climate information ...

The Seventh African Development Forum (ADF-VII), has urged Africa to come up with a common position on climate change, and articulate it with one strong voice .having one position, and sticking to it, will help Africa in ...

As negotiators and experts prepare to enter the high level segment of the 19th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19), which opened in Warsaw this week, the mood ...

For Africa, the most critical climate change issue is to obtain sufficient financial support to manage adaptation and mitigation processes successfully, attend to development needs and continue to develop infrastructure, ...

L’objectif des forums régionaux sur l’évolution probable du climat est d’aboutir à un consensus sur les perspectives climatiques saisonnières régionales dans les secteurs socioéconomiques sensibles au climat afin de soutenir ...

La troisième Conférence internationale sur les petits États insulaires en développement se tiendra du 1er au 4 septembre 2014 à Apia, Samoa, mais des activités liées à la conférence seront organisées au préalable du 28 au ...

L'objectif global de la Conférence était de faire fond sur la première Conférence sur les changements climatiques et le développement en Afrique afin de créer une enceinte de dialogue permettant de mieux faire connaître ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...