African Climate Policy Centre

Why Zimbabwe will welcome CCDA 5 with fervor

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 15 October 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) – This year’s annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa, the biggest climate change event of the continent, convenes at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 28-30 October 2015.

The 5th CCDA comes at the time when several voices have been raised as to the very future  the  mighty Victoria Falls because of the toll climate impacts appears to be taking on one of the  longest waterfalls in the world.

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The Africa Climate Talks

“The Promise of Paris” seeks to crystallize an umbrella conceptual framing of Africa’s role in the global governance of climate change, and to position climate change as both a constraint on Africa’s development potential as well as an opportunity for the structural transformation of Africa’s economies. The climate talks will explore the possibilities of Africa prospering in a changing climate, how that prosperity can be leveraged, and the roles of different countries in enabling this prosperity through their contributions to global climate governance.

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Future Risks and Opportunities for Africa from AR5 WGII EN

Highlight on the “Future Risks and Opportunities for Adaptation in Africa” from the Summary of the IPCC AR5 WGII for the Policymaker

In recent decades, changes in climate that impact on natural and human systems are increasingly affecting Africa. Evidence of climate-change impacts is strong and more comprehensive mainly in the development sectors of the continent such as water, agriculture and health.

Initiatives

Young lawyers for climate change

The UNFCCC negotiation process has been noted as a long and arduous process that demands profound understanding of legal issues and clauses in the negotiating texts. Although African negotiators have made significant strides in buttressing their negotiating capacity, legal advice by climate change experts is still indispensable on the negotiating table. This indeed is even truer considering that national governments change their representatives from time to time.

Sectors

Agriculture

Regional study on climate change, agricultural production, trade in agricultural commodities and food security in ECOWAS and EAC

Africa is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, especially in the key sector of agriculture that supports nearly 70 percent of its population. Most agricultural production in the continent is rain-fed (irrigated areas account for only 4 percent), thus highly vulnerable to the high variations and changes in rainfall patterns.

Capacity development

ACPC is involved in three major areas of engagement that enhance African capacities targeting the Policy, Research, Academia and Journalist target groups through fellowship programmes, capacity development and research support. These are envisioned through various programme areas and major activities elaborated below.

Objectives

The main objective of this particular ACPC capacity strengthening work programme is to enhance the capacity of African institutions and individuals in relation to climate change policy analysis.

The specific objectives are to:

Implementing the Paris Agreement in Africa

Africa’s negotiating position on climate change is articulated by the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) under the guidance of the African Union Assembly, the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). The AGN consists of technical negotiators of every African country. One country is selected to chair the group for a period of two years.

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