Africa: Last African Gathering Before Copenhagen Climate Summit Kicks Off

19 October 2009

Negotiators and experts from Africa, the continent most vulnerable to global warming, have converged in Ethiopia for their last United Nations-backed meeting before December's summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, where nations are set to conclude negotiations on a new climate change agreement.

According to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Africa has a limited capacity to adapt to global warming. The region's key economic sectors are vulnerable to climate change, and this vulnerability is compounded by existing challenges including poverty, disasters and conflicts.

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