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:
Deeper understanding of climate trends and impacts in Africa on key development sectors
Develop clear messages on Africa's expectations for a post Kyoto global climate governance regime
Continue to be the principal Africa platform for networking between climate and development stakeholders
Broaden understanding of the importance of integrating climate issues into broader development planning
Participants
• High level personalities - Ministers
• Regional Economic Communities (RECs);
• Development Partners;
• Academia and Researches;
• Diplomatic Corps;
• International Government Organizations;
• Climate Change Experts;
• Non - Governmental Organizations (NGOs);
• Parliamentarians;
• Media institutions;
• Civil Society Organizations (CSO);
Background:
In 1992 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to address the issue of climate change. It was called a framework convention because it was seen as a starting point of addressing the problem of climate change. The convention entered in to force on March 21, 1994.
The ultimate objective of the convention is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.
By 1995, countries realized that emission reductions provisions in the Convention were inadequate. They launched negotiations to strengthen the global response to climate change, and, two years later, adopted the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol legally binds developed countries to emission reduction targets. The Protocol’s first commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012. The second commitment period began on 1 January 2013 and will end in 2020.
A new universal climate governance regime is expected to be adopted in Paris France at the UNFCCC COP 21 in December 2015 which will come into effect in 2020.
For overall coordination inquiries, please contact:
Jacqueline Chenje
Communication Officer
ACPC
For media interviews, please contact:
Sophia Denekew
ECA Media Relations Section