Carlos Lopes proposes concrete measures to sustain Africa's development in a changing climate
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2014-02Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
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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, water and food and even undermine its development efforts if policy makers and scientists do not pay due attention to climate change. Addressing the 2014 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in India this morning, Mr. Carlos Lopes called for deliberate action on green industrialization to tackle the continents energy, water and food security challenges which the negative impacts of climate change have accentuated.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2014-02). Carlos Lopes proposes concrete measures to sustain Africa's development in a changing climate. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/31690”Collections
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