Side-event :Financing for Sustainable Development: Towards a 21st Century Sustainable Financial System : remarks by Carlos Lopes UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa 29 March 2015 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

Third, major improvements in Africa’s institutional and policy capacity is required in mechanisms for a concerted engagement of all key players, including climate and social scientists, development economists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and users of climate information. It would contribute to the design of innovative multi-sectorial strategies, mainstream climate change into national development plans, and usher in a new form of deliberative democracy. To prepare for climate risks in urban infrastructure and development countries could build climate-proof urban infrastructure and development, and put transport systems on a low-carbon path, like Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, South Africa and others are doing.