Africa’s journey in the global climate negotiations: a synthesis report for policy makers by ClimDev-Africa

Abstract

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 within the climate negotiations. It has the potential to lead the world on climate resilient development, and to play a pioneering role in low carbon development technologies. Climate change provides news opportunities for Africa to reach its destination, and to design current architectures, provide bankable proposals, and stand tall within global negotiators to demand for a legally binding and equitable agreement that will keep present and future generations ahead of the climate change conundrum.