Time is of the essence as Africa grapples with climate change

Arctic climate change – it's recent carbon emissions we should fear, not ancient methane 'time bombs'  The Conversation UK

>President Jakaya Kikwete has urged African countries to join forces if the continent is to reduce effects of climate change in the world.

How Africa faces climate change disaster not of its own making

The price of tomatoes have skyrocketed in East Africa in recent weeks after floods ruined crops.

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...

East Africa: EAC Seeks Fairer Deal At Climate Change Summit
AllAfrica.com
Kigali — As talks in the global climate change summit reaching a peak, the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) is calling for a fair deal which will be favourable to Africa and the region in particular. "Africa is not a major polluter like the ...

Dr Paul-André Calatayud is a senior research scientist of Research Institute for Development (IRD), a French Institute. A native of France, he has conducted field and laboratory studies in South America at CIAT (Colombia) and Africa at ORSTOM (Congo) and icipe (Kenya). On presentation  during the Workshop  day 3, (June 2,2015)  in training  for Webjournalists FINDING  NEW WAYS TO TELL AFRICA’S CLIMATE STORY. (all photo by Andrew Chale,MODEWJIBLOG.COM).

Dr Calatayud is an entomologist with...

The continent desperately needs more power but it also wants to avoid damaging the environment.

The issue before the world, at this point in time, is not about why climate change is a threat and who is to blame for it. The most important matter before us now is about how to adapt and how to mitigate climate change effects.