In preparation for the Roundtable, ECA and the co-sponsoring organizations convened an inter-agency meeting and two expert group meetings on 25 July 1983, 6 to 7 October 1933 and 13 to 16 December 1983 respectively. The ...

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) ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Straddled by the equator, the African continent receives high average levels of insolation round the year. In very many areas there prevail high average levels of ambient temperature and rates of evaporation as well as low ...

This paper focuses on African region statement to the 14th session of the commission on sustainable development (CSD-14) on energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution atmosphere and climate ...

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 ...

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 ...