Lima, Pérou (ClimDev-Afrique) - Les pays moins avancés (PMA) invitent les différentes parties à œuvrer avec plus de célérité et de transparence dans les négociations lors de la 20ème session de la Conférence des Parties à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique (COP20) démarrée lundi à Lima au Pérou.
Poor early warning systems in Africa is one subject that keeps popping up during climate change conferences. And this year’s Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) is no different as stakeholders attending the conference in Morocco have once again raised a red flag on the continent’s poorly developed meteorological services.
Robert Chimambo, Board Member of the Zambia Climate Change Network (ZCCN), shares his perspective on the subject
"While Africa has the option to choose its developmental trajectory in the face of climate change, it has no option but to adapt for survival", says Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Addressing delegates via video conferencing during the official opening of the Fourth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV), Dr Pachauri has signaled that Africa remains the most vulnerable continent to climate change impacts due to its poor infrastructure and coping systems.
Ce passage de l'énergie fossile aux énergies renouvelables permettra aux Comores de réduire les émissions de Gaz à effet de Serre (GES), les coûts de l'utilisation des hydrocarbures par les Comores.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 20th November 2014 (UNECA) – In early September 2014, a team of climate services experts from the African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) joined counterparts from the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) to launch the installation of hydrological equipment supplied by UNECA.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP 20, taking place from December 1-12 in Lima, Peru. This year, AfDB's efforts in addressing climate-resilient and low-carbon development in Africa, and particularly the initiatives contributing to improving access to climate finance, will be emphasized.
At the upcoming UN climate change meeting in Lima (COP 20), African groups are hoping that progress can be made towards the goal of reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
COP 20 - the acronym for the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - begins in Lima, Peru, on December 1, 2014. It is seen by environmental experts as a crucial springboard to COP 21 in Paris a year later, where it is hoped a binding and universal agreement on limiting the effects of climate change can be reached.
Mr Barros Bacar Banjai, Guinea Bissau’s Secretary of State for Environment is one of the African Environment Ministers who contributed to the proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV), which was held from 8 -10 October in Marrakech, Morocco. At the end of the Conference, which brought to the fore the plight of Island States in the context of climate change, Mr Barros shared his views on the Conference, the situation of Island States and the ClimDev-Africa programme, which he considers to be a development program.
Benin's Minister of Environment, in charge of Climate Change Management, Reforestation and Protection of Natural Resources and Forestry, Mr. Raphael EDOU, following his active contribution to the discussions of the Fourth Conference on Climate Change and development of Africa (CCDA-IV), provided his assessment of the partnership between his country and the ACPC to the ClimDev-Africa Reporting Team. On this occasion, he presented the "10 million-souls 10 million-trees" project initiated by the President of Benin and supported by the ACPC in a bid to reforest Benin and promote a green Africa.
Ce passage de l'énergie fossile aux énergies renouvelables permettra aux Comores de réduire les émissions de Gaz à effet de Serre (GES), les coûts de l'utilisation des hydrocarbures par les Comores.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP 20, taking place from December 1-12 in Lima, Peru. This year, AfDB's efforts in addressing climate-resilient and low-carbon development in Africa, and particularly the initiatives contributing to improving access to climate finance, will be emphasized.
At the upcoming UN climate change meeting in Lima (COP 20), African groups are hoping that progress can be made towards the goal of reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.