LIMA, Peru 7 December, 2014 (ClimDev-Africa) – A senior official of the Economic Commission for Africa yesterday called for the infusion of the findings of UNEP’s recent Adaptation Gap Report into current discussions on the costs of adaptation to climate change for African countries.

LIMA, Peru 7 December 2014 (ClimDev-Africa) – The European Union delegation present in Peru for the ongoing global climate talks is upbeat about a positive Lima outcome that will pave the way for an agreement that would be acceptable to all in Paris next year.

LIMA, Peru 4 December, 2014 (ClimDev-Africa) – African negotiators at the on-going Lima climate talks in Lima, Peru have predicted that if any agenda item would delay agreement on a outcome statement, it would be climate finance; despite the fact that the US has committed to the Green Climate Fund.

Lima, Peru, 05 December 2014 (ECA) – During a press conference on Tuesday the 2^nd December in the Peruvian capital, the African Group of Negotiators on climate change committed to making every effort to ensure that COP20 produces conclusions that are highly favourable to Africa.

LIMA, Peru 3 December, 2014 (ClimDev-Africa) – Just on the third day of the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) which opened in Lima Monday, a sense of frustration is already perceptible among a number of African delegations who blame tactics by Annex I countries to delay concrete discussions on substantive issues such as the implementation of the Durban Platform (ADP).

LIMA, Peru 2 December, 2014 (ClimDev-Africa) - Thirteen months to the deadline for signing a new global pact on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the meeting of nearly 200 governments in Lima, Peru for a major UN climate change summit must produce the first draft of a global deal to cut emissions, and steer the course for a binding global commitment on carbon emissions in Paris 2015. Lima 2014 must pave the way to a historic pact in Paris 2015 that will, for the first time, apply to 195 nations, both rich and poor.

Lima, Peru - 2 December 2014 - The African Group is committed to the success of the Lima conference, taking place at a crucial moment in our common efforts to address the challenges of Climate Change. The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Lima, Peru from 1st to 12th December 2014 represents a critical moment in the international climate change negotiations. African countries, united in the talks as the African Group, intend to use this opportunity to build the multilateral rules-based system through a comprehensive outcome to curb the growing threat posed to the African continent.

LIMA, Peru 2 December, 2014 (ClimDev-Africa) - The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) today reiterated the importance of the ongoing 20th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference which opened here yesterday, but warned that any push back on the achievements of Durban and Doha could compromise the talks.

KUMBA, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the world's fifth-largest cocoa producer, Cameroon should be reaping the benefits of the growing global appetite for high-quality chocolate.
 

Lima, Pérou - Le Groupe des négociateurs africains pour le changement climatique s’engage à œuvrer pour que la CoP20 accouche de conclusions très favorables à l’Afrique, lors d’une conférence de presse tenue mardi dans la capitale péruvienne.