Marrakesh, 09 October 2014 (ECA) - Africa is fully prepared to receive funds to finance projects aimed at increasing climate resilience capacity on the conti-nent, an official from the Economic Commis-sion for Africa (ECA) has said.
Addressing journalists on Day One of CCDA-IV in Marrakech, Morocco, Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, the Deputy Executive Secretary of ECA, declared that Africa is indeed ready for the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Marrakesh, 09 October 2014 (ECA) - The Fourth annual Conference on Cli-mate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) opened here in Marrakech, Morocco yesterday with a strong focus on how the continent can feed itself.
Addressing the opening ceremony, the Direc-tor, Special Initiatives Division of the UN Eco-nomic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ms. Fatima Denton, told participants that to date agriculture
had not served as a transformational hub in fuelling economic growth and propelling industrialization.
Marakech, 09 October, 2014 (ECA) - A senior official of the Climate for Development (ClimDev) Africa Programme today drew the attention of climate scientists and policy makers to the immense prospects that the current African youth dividend and opportunities in SMART agriculture offer the Continent for turning its agriculture into a veritable engine of development.
Ms Fatima Denton, Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) and Director of Special Initiatives Division at ECA, was reflecting at the opening session of the Fourth Annual Conference on
Marrakesh, 09 October, 2014 (ECA) - The Deputy Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Dr. Abdalla Hamdok has told participants at the Fourth annual Conference on Climate and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) that Africa’s needs are unique and the continent faces exceptional climate challenges. He explained that Africa faces unique challenges of poor physical infrastructure, poor agricultural productivity and poor market access, as well as weak institutions and policies - factors which perpetuate circles of poverty and misery.
Marrakech, Morocco 6 October 2014 (ECA) – A group of African climate research and impact communities began meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, today to agree a research collaboration platform on climate science in Africa that will be announced at the Fourth Annual Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) which opens here Thursday.
Addis Ababa, 01 October 2014 (ECA) – Close to 500 policy makers, academics, practitioners and other stakeholders from the agriculture and climate change sectors will gather on 8 October in Marrakesh, Morocco, in a bid to come to the rescue of Africa’s agriculture which, instead of falling victim to climate change, should seize climate change opportunities for a more harmonious development of the continent.
Addis Ababa, 30 September 2014 (ECA) – ClimDev-Africa Program is inviting Africa to invest more in climate change research to ensure food self-sufficiency at the fourth edition of the Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA IV), scheduled to take place on 8-10 October in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 September 2014 - The 4th edition of the Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from October 8 to 10 on the theme: "Africa can feed Africa now: translating climate knowledge into action"
The overall objective of the conference is to provide a platform to discuss how Africa can draw on climate knowledge to transform agricultural production systems in order to ensure food self-sufficiency and improve the socio-economic well-being of its people in a sustainable manner.
Addis Ababa, 29 September 2014 (ECA) - Dr. Abraham Tekeste, Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development has called for support from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in strengthening the capacity of key government institutions in their efforts to foster inclusive green economy and national structural transformation.
Addis Ababa, 16 September 2014 (ECA) – Africa plans to lay out a strong case for increased investments in the water, food and energy sectors at the UN Climate Summit in New York to be held on 23 September, according to the Secretariat of the ClimDev-Africa Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.