Africa's climate change strategy to have strong health component AU official

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The impacts of climate change on health in Africa will form part of the Continental Climate Change Strategy being developed under the leadership of the African Union Commission (AUC) according to the AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Ms. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace. Stressing the relevance and timeliness of the subject, Ms Tumusiime told participants to Second Pan-African Climate and Health in Africa workshop which opened at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa today that these kinds of activities “pave the way for collective actions to address the multi-dimensional challenges posed by climate change.” The current workshop is being organized by the Ethiopian Climate and Health Working Group, in collaboration with the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), WHO Africa Regional Office, UNDP, the UK Meteorological Office, Exeter University, UK and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, USA.