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Highlight on the “Future Risks and Opportunities for Adaptation in Africa” from the Summary of the IPCC AR5 WGII for the Policymaker
(2019)
In recent decades, changes in climate that impact on natural and human systems are increasingly affecting Africa. Evidence of climate-change impacts is strong and more comprehensive mainly in the development sectors of the ...
Climdev-Africa youth platform:empowering African youth for climate change Dialogue and Response Actions
(2016)
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. The Paris Agreement lays out long-term ambitions for climate change response and urges the engagement of non-State actors, especially young people, in 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 ...
Loss and Damage in Africa
(2014-05)
This report's assessment of the limitations of the existing national, regional and international arrangements to address loss and damage in Africa, and its review of unmet needs, provides the basis for a number of ...
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 ...
African partnership facility for nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
(2016)
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are the cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, and aim to limit the increase in global average temperature, to below 2°C, and preferably below 1.5°C. Building on the Paris ...
UNEP Adaptation gap report EN:summary
(2014)
This document focuses on the Summary Africa’s Adaptation Gap Technical Report.
Pertes et dommages en Afrique
(2014-05)
Comparée à la plupart des autres régions du monde, il est probable que l’Afrique sera confrontée aux conséquences les plus graves du changement climatique induit par l’homme, en raison d’effets particulièrement graves ...
Climate change, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Africa : issue paper 12
(2010-10)
There is consensus that climate change is a critical issue for Africa and indeed its greatest challenge in the 21st century along with poverty climate change is likely to disproportionably affect the contains development ...
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 ...