Intra-regional trade could be instrumental to address climate change impacts

Abstract

The Global Climate Change Alliance Plus Initiative (GCCA+) argues that climate change impacts threaten to undermine hard-won development gains in Africa. According to Jane Wilkinson, Strategic Mitigation Advisor at GCCA+, “Africa’s geographic position and high climate vulnerability compounded by low adaptive capacity in most African countries, threatens agricultural production and food security across the continent”. Speaking at the conference, Rwanda’s Minister for the Environment, Dr Vincent Biruta appealed for everyone's participation to address the climate crisis. Dr Biruta said that Rwanda is acting in its best interests to grow the prosperity of its citizens and economy by taking strong domestic policy action, including to restore large areas of degraded land and create a land titling system to support a thriving agriculture sector. ECA is the host of African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), an initiative to contribute to poverty reduction through successful mitigation and adaptation to climate change in Africa and to improve the capacity of African countries to participate effectively in multilateral climate negotiations.