Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) – The technical committee for the organization of tomorrow’s 5th Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5) has touted the creation of solution spaces at the conference as a key innovation in yearly scientific and policy event.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) – The 5th annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5) which opens here tomorrow promises to be the real launch pad for climate research in Africa, according to sources close to the organisation of the meeting whose theme is: “Africa, Climate Change and Sustainable development: What is at stake at Paris and beyond?”
Victoria Falls, 28 October 2015 (ECA) - “For Africa, climate change has massive consequences, the continent contributes the least to greenhouse gases but tends to be the most vulnerable to its consequences. This climate change is a threat to human survival in Africa,” said Mr. Emmerson D. Mnangagwa, the Vice-President of Zimbabwe, when opening the 5th Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference, currently taking place in Victoria Falls.
WHAT: The 5th Climate Change and Development Conference in Africa (CCDAV), Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 28-30 October, 2015
WHO: ClimDev- Africa partners: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); African Union Commission (AUC); African Development Bank (AfDB); co-hosted by the Government of Zimbabwe
Objective: The main objective is to support the African preparatory process towards Paris COP21 global negotiations.Amplifythe linkages between climate change issues and development Expected
Outcomes:
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) – The Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), and Director of the Special Initiatives Division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa, has fired up partners of the ClimDev-Africa initiative for a hitch-free 5th Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5) which opens here tomorrow.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 15 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) – Energy specialists and policy makers will have a lot to talk about at the forthcoming Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa, according to the organizing committee (CCDA 5).
The transition to a post-Kyoto climate governance framework is an opportune moment to engage the African continent and the world in such a review. The upcoming COP21 in Paris in December 2015 is expected to deliver the new climate agreement, which will define global climate governance in the post Kyoto period. COP21 represents a unique chance for Africa to assert itself in global climate governance and influence the outcomes of Paris towards aligning with the continent’s long term sustainable development agenda.