Aide mémoire : special session of the Africa partnership forum on climate change

Abstract

The 12th APF meeting held in Rome on 10 June 2009 accepted the offer of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to host a Special Session of the APF devoted to Climate Change. This APF decision is consistent with fulfilling the Forum’s objective of catalyzing actions, stimulating international discourse and mobilizing partnership support for Africa’s development agenda and priorities. In this regard, the Special Session will reinforce the awareness, understanding, measures and actions on African interests and expectations on climate change as promoted by the APF, particularly at its successive 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th meetings in Berlin, Tokyo, Addis Ababa and respectively.