Paris needs to take the ‘climate’ out of ‘climate Aid’, which is nothing new

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...

An opportunity for African journalists to reconfigure state-society relations and contribute to the development of the continent

UNDP (http://www.undp.org) has launched today a global storytelling contest, Voices2Paris (http://www.apo.af/fcz6IA), to contribute to raising public awareness on the negative impacts of climate change as well as on the opportunities and solutions seen in actions by individuals and governments alike across vulnerable developing countries worldwide.

“We want to...

Mithika Mwenda, Secretary General of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) 

Press Statement
Oct/2015
Africa’s climate action pledges show commitment to a fair and binding deal in Paris

Mithika Mwenda, Secretary General of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance says:

“As of October 1, 47 out of 54 African countries have submitted their national plans for the UN climate deal (INDCs.) Africa’s vast and environmentally diverse landscape and coastal areas mean that each of its...