African Climate Policy Centre

ECA hosts workshop for policymakers on IPCC activities and findings

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 April 2017 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa’s African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) on Sunday hosted a workshop for policymakers on the activities and findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) where climate experts presented the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) findings as well as the work of the IPCC in the coming years.

The workshop was also meant to promote knowledge about the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) cycle work plan, priorities of the IPCC, its role, processes and activities.

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ECA urges IPCC to pen report that supports Africa’s quest for structural transformation

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 April 2017 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa’s Director for the Special Initiatives Division(SID), Fatima Denton, says recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in their Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), should support African countries in their developmental trajectories.

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IPCC outreach event set for Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, 25 April 2017 (ECA) –  A two-day event to raise awareness of work done by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been scheduled for 29-30 April 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The event, dubbed “Outreach Event on the IPCC Role, Activities and Findings,” will feature a presentation of IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) findings, as well as the Panel’s work in the coming years -  in line with the Paris Agreement and other international sustainability efforts.

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Outreach Events on the Activities and Findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

At the kind invitation of the African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) scoping meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will take place at the United Nations Conference Center, situated at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1 to 5 May 2017. Prior to the IPCC scoping meeting, ECA will organize a series of outreach activities, which will include events for the research community, media, students and policymakers.

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Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

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Background

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on sustainable development in preparation for the 2017 High-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) will convene at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 17 to 19 May 2017, under the theme: “Ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth and prosperity for all.” This theme is well aligned with that of the 2017 HLPF, which is “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a

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Policy Brief 16 - Transforming Africa’s Transport Sector with Implementation of INDCs

The transport sector is capable of generating an enabling environment to catalyse economic growth in Africa. The sector has, however, experienced great stagnation in terms of infrastructural improvement over the past decades. Road access presently makes up only 34 per cent of such access in Africa, as opposed to 50 per cent in other developing regions globally (PIDA, 2015). According to the intergovernmental Panel on Climate (IPCC) (2014), energy use accounts for 68 per cent of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Policy Brief 13 : Financing Adaptation through a Levy on International Transport Services

New financial resources will be needed to ramp up the level of economic support expected over the next decade to cope with increasing economic damages from climate change. Since not all of the resources required are likely to be readily available from the public treasuries of ndustrialised countries, a reliable mechanism must becreated to augment public sector contributions with funds from the private sectors of countries whose economies are adding significant levels of greenhouse gases to the global atmosphere.

Policy Brief 12 : Climate Change and Health in Africa: Issues and Options

Climate change is expected to alter temperature, air movements and precipitation in various ways and to varying degrees across Africa, and this will have important consequences for human health. Climate change effects on human health, along with the additional impact on the environment and on the economies of African countries, are likely to impede development. African countries will suffer health consequences related to the effects of climate change as their people are among the most vulnerable to climatic change in the world.

Policy Brief 11 : Climate Financing: Global Imperatives and Implications for Climate-Resilient Development in Africa

Climate financing is essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both developing and developed countries. It is an essential part of securing a low carbon development future that does not sacrifice urgently needed development, but rests on climate-resilient economic and social systems. Financial support to developing countries in particular is needed for mitigation, adaptation, technology development and transfer, as well as capacity building.

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