FORUM TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN AFRICA ESTABLISHED

The first African Mountains Regional Forum has started at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day forum to take place from October 22-24 is to provide an opportunity for different sustainable mountain development stakeholders to enhance understanding of common conservation and development issues in the region.
The forum is organized by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and the Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee (AMPCC) in partnership with the East...

What

The Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA) conference series was conceived as an annual forum to enable linkages between climate science and development policy by promoting transparent discussions between key stakeholders in the climate and development community. CCDA seeks to mainstream climate information into decision making and strengthen capacities focusing on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, food security, energy and transport. To support Africa’s towards...

The Third Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) will be hosted by the government of Cabo Verde from 10th -14th February

Ministers responsible for meteorology in Africa are meeting to coordinate and accelerate regional efforts to strengthen resilience to extreme weather hazards and adapt to climate change.

The Third Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) (http://www.wmo.int/amcomet) will be hosted by the government of Cabo...

 Organisers tell how Julio Ludago (centre) a professional mountain guide at Mt. Kilimanjaro will attempt  beat world record on September 27th 2015 when he ascends and descends Mt Kilimanjaro via Umbwe route – Western breach in less than 6 hours, 56 minutes and 24 seconds which is the current world record held by Swiss-Ecuadorian climber Karl Egloff. To read more CLICK HERE.  

Kenya will host the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) to be held on African soil.

>You might mistake them for tourists from the huge back packs they carry, but actually, they are not. They are in fact a group of students from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom determined to change the way student volunteering is done.

How Will Tanzania Fair Under the Sustainable Development Goals?
AllAfrica.com
This year UN member states will finalise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established in 2000. Section 16.6 of the SDGs seeks to develop "effective, accountable and transparent ...

The United Nations has launched the Sustainable Development Goals – a new set of targets that global leaders have signed up to, including Shakira, David Beckham, and Pope Francis.

Masaki Inaba, Japan Citizens Network during the meeting..

Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and Africa Development Interchange Network host side event at the UN’s Third Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa to: discuss the importance of climate finance, and the relationship of climate finance to the FfD discussions and post-2015 process.

The crucial role of climate finance within the development agenda was cast under the spotlight last night during discussions at a side...