Africa: UN Agencies Weigh in On Climate Change Impacts Ahead of Paris Conference

27 November 2015

In the weeks leading up to the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), which begins in Paris on Monday and aims to reach a new universal climate agreement, many of the Organization's agencies and programmes announced their latest climate-related findings, bringing to light new data, major concerns, and underlining existing and potential opportunities to preserve the planet.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached yet another new record high in 2014, continuing a "relentless rise" which is fueling climate change and will make the planet more dangerous and inhospitable for future generations.

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