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ADF today VII: acting on climate change for sustainable development in Africa
(2010-10)
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 ...
Africa Climate Talks (ACT!) : Democratizing global climate change governance and building an African consensus towards COP21 and beyond
(2015-07)
The Africa Climate Talks aim to engage Africans from all spheres of life in the lead up to COP 21, which will be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015; to stimulate a wide-ranging discourse informed by the ...
Africa’s journey in the global climate negotiations: a synthesis report for policy makers by ClimDev-Africa
(2015)
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 ...
Community radio for local solutions resilience and innovation in response to climate change: African climate center and developing radio partners
(2016)
The African Climate Policy Center, through the ClimDev-Africa program, partnered with Developing Radio Partners on a pilot project to build the capacity of community radio stations and their staff regarding climate change, ...
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 ...
Compenser les effets négatifs du changement climatique sur l’agriculture dans la Communauté des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
(2017)
Le changement climatique est reconnu comme l’une des plus graves menaces pour la capacité des systèmes d’approvisionnement alimentaire de satisfaire les besoins croissants en nourriture (Leclère et al., 2014). On prédit ...
Spatial implications of climate change on land allocation and agricultural production in the Economic Community of West African States: working paper
(2018-02)
Climate change is acknowledged to be among the most serious threats to food supply systems and their capacity to meet the growing food needs of populations. Indeed, it is predicted that agriculture in the Economic Community ...
Africa, sustainable development and climate change; the role of climate research
(2016)
Climate change could severely undermine efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For Africa, delivering the vision of the SDGs is intrinsically linked to robust information on the continent's current ...
Vulnerability to climate change in Africa challenges and recommendations for Africa
(2013)
Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change mainly because of its strong economic dependency on climate-related activities and products and low adaptive capacity.This low adaptive capacity is linked to weak economies, ...