African Climate Policy Centre

WP23 Scoping Paper Rwanda

Rwanda is a small landlocked country located in the Eastern and Central African region between Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The climate is moderate and characterized by temperate conditions, especially in higher altitudes in the Northwest of the country. The topography is hilly to mountainous with altitude ranging from 950 to 2,500 meters above sea level (CIA, 2005). Rwanda is located 2° south of the Equator in Central Africa and covers a surface area of 26,338 square kilometres. The countryside is covered by grasslands.

WP22 Scoping paper Tanzania

In Tanzania, agriculture is predominantly characterized as a smallholder business, with farm sizes ranging from 1 to 3 hectares (ha), dedicated to subsistence with limited marketable surpluses. Smallholders have been responsible for more than 80 per cent of Tanzania’s agricultural exports dominated by traditional exports, including cofee, tea, cashew nuts, tobacco and sisal. Agriculture accounts for 30 per cent of total exports. The contribution of agriculture to GDP has declined over the decade from about a half in the 1990s to around a quarter most recently.

WP21 Downscaled Climate Changes Scenarios

Understanding and conidence on climate change and its potential impacts have grown greatly over the last few years. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ifth assessment report (AR5) notes that climate change is unequivocal (IPCC, 2014). Studies by Anyah and Qiu (2012) and Endris et al. (2013) airm that rainfall in the Eastern Africa region remains highly variable, unreliable and likely associated with changes in the regional climate.

WP20 Climate Change Policies Nexus Between Policy Research and Practice

Since Thomas Malthus’ ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’, policy makers have debated the challenges of feeding a growing and changing global population, (Ola Linner, 2003). Climate change and climate variability are the latest challenge and potentially the most dangerous. According to the United Nations (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank, the goal of modern agriculture policy is to produce a global state of food security (Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007). This is already a great challenge.

Africa Week highlights efforts to address climate-change and migration in relation to peace and security

New York, 19 October 2017 (ECA) - During a session themed, Climate-Change-Migration nexus and its implications for peace and security in Africa, speakers and representatives from member states, private sector and civil society organizationsattending the 2017 Africa Week shared diverse perspectives from their respective mandates, with close attention paid to the implications for young people and women.

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Africa spending more than its fair share for climate adaptation, a new study reveals

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6 November 2017 (ECA) - Findings of a new study jointly commissioned by the UNDP Regional Office for Africa, and the African Climate Policy Centre at the Economic Commission for Africa, is dismissing the insinuation that African countries are not investing in their own climate adaptation responses and are instead waiting on the international community as recipients of support.

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ECA Policy Brief - July 2017

Negotiations towards the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) present a unique opportunity to bring enhanced growth and increased opportunity to millions of African citizens. The jobs and wealth that can be created through greater and easier intra-African trade have the potential to contribute significantly to eliminating poverty, creating jobs and promoting equality.

Climate information crucial for Africa’s growth and development, says Murombedzi

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 October 2017 (ECA) – Africa’s growth and economic development depends heavily on climate sensitive sectors and its natural resources, raising the need for the continent to enhance investments in Climate Information Services and stimulate uptake of CIS and use in economic development programs.

This was said by Mr. James Murombedzi, Officer in Charge of the Economic Commission for Africa’s African Climate Policy Center (ACPC), in a presentation at a day-long workshop held Friday in Addis Ababa to mark Climate Information Services Day.

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