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Good preparations strengthen Africa's negotiating positions at COP19, experts
(2013-11)
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 ...
First phase of ACPC workshop series on meteorological data to cover five African countries
(2012-09)
The initial phase of ACPC workshop series on meteorological data opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning and will soon extend four other African countries, ECA’s Director for the Division of Food Security and Sustainable ...
Les petits Etats insulaires attirent l'attention sur les vulnérabilités au changement climatique
(2013-07)
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 ...
Africa urged to address challenges that may affect Paris agreement implementation
(2016-10)
There is an urgent need for African countries to review and revise their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to address challenges that can affect the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change ...
L'Afrique est le continent d'aujourd'hui, a dit Mme Zuma de la Commission de l'Union Africaine
(2015-12)
L'Afrique est non seulement le continent de l'avenir, mais surtout le continent d’aujourd'hui, Mme Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Présidente de la Commission de l'Union Africaine a dit à des milliers de participants à la cérémonie ...
ECA, World Bank and African Union Commission team up to improve climate readiness in Africa
(2012-05)
A three-day workshop is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to seek ways of strengthening regional capacities to improve the continent’s readiness for climate risks and enhance the resilience of its development to impacts ...
L'adaptation de l'agriculture aux changements climatiques en Afrique centrale coûtera cher - experts
(2015-12)
L'adaptation de l’agriculture aux changements climatiques en Afrique centrale est une entreprise coûteuse qui nécessitera la mobilisation d’importantes ressources humaines et financières ainsi que le transfert de technologie. ...
Experts to deliberate on efficient use of renewable energy to promote development in West Africa
(2012-05)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (ECA SRO-WA) is organizing on 7 and 8 June, 2012, in Lomé, Togo, an ad hoc expert group meeting to discuss ways to strengthen the West ...
Africa's agenda 2063 to help address the continent's new growth challenges
(2013-07)
Amidst the new sense of optimism found in Africa’s new natural resources discoveries, rapid urbanisation and increased regional integration, the tripartite partnership of the African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union ...
Carlos Lopes proposes concrete measures to sustain Africa's development in a changing climate
(2014-02)
The United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has warned that Africa’s population growth rates could trigger serious competition resources such as energy, ...