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Sixth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
African Climate Policy Centre
Seventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
The seventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-7), which will be hosted in Brazzaville by the Government of the Republic of Congo, from 1 to 4 March 2021.
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Professor Laban Ayieko Ogallo - Message of Condolences
The Climate Science community in Africa learned with shock of the sudden passing of Professor Laban Ayieko Ogallo on the 20th November 2020 in Nairobi due to sudden illness.
Recalling his wise words of counsel, his patience, humility and openness, it is easy to understand why those he interacted with are so profoundly saddened by his death.
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Gender and Climate Change in Africa Virtual Expert Group Meeting
Africa Climate Change Policy (ACPC) at the United Nations Economic Commission (ECA) is organizing a validation expert group meeting of a Gender Equality in Climate Change in Africa report. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical and should be integral to all development policy-making and NDC processes.
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Draft Africa Climate Change Strategy Consultation Webinar
Introduction
Much has transpired and more is in the pipeline since the Africa Climate Change Strategy was developed in 2014. The SDGs were promulgated, and the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction were entered in 2015. The implementation phase of the Paris Agreement started this year (2020) with submission of revised or updated NDCs. A global GHG stocktake is planned for 2023. The first Biennial transparency reports (BTR) using the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) will be due by 31st December 2024 for developing countries.
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Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio- economic development in Africa
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Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio- economic development in Africa
Geneva/Addis Ababa, 26 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa, according to a new report devoted exclusively to the continent. Read More ...
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State of the Climate in Africa
Impacts and risks associated with climate change are felt at regional and local levels. To enable effective action to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and extreme weather, governments and individuals must have access to science-based knowledge that is regularly updated and derived from robust data.
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State of the Climate in Africa
Temperatures in Africa have been rising in recent decades at a rate comparable to that of most other continents and thus somewhat faster than global mean surface temperature, which incorporates a large ocean component. The year 2019 was among the three warmest years on record for the continent.
Annual rainfall exhibited sharp geographical contrasts in 2019, with totals remarkably below long-term means in Southern Africa and west of the High Atlas Mountains and above-average rainfall recorded in other areas, in particular in Central and East Africa.
ACPC makes strides in catalyzing climate change learning in Africa
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