November 22, 2013
Africa: Cop19 - Some Progress After All
The 19th session of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP19) ends in Warsaw Poland this Friday evening after eleven days during which negotiators made some progress on at least… Read more »
November 25, 2013
Africa: Towards a Mechanism to Address Loss and Damage Associated With Climate Change Impacts
Delegates to the 19th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19) have finally agreed to establish a mechanism whose role will be to address… Read more »
November 19, 2013
Africa: ECA Says Agriculture Can Unlock Africa's Transformation Even in a Changing Climate
A senior official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa today shed new light on the agriculture and climate change nexus, pointing to new avenues through which the… Read more »
November 21, 2013
Africa: Climate Finance - Developed Countries Want Africa to Turn to Its Private Sector
As expected, the issue of funding for the fight against climate change impacts has moved into high gear at the ongoing climate talks (COP19) in Warsaw. Read more »
Benin: Benin Seeks ECA Support for 10 Million-Souls, 10 Million-Trees Project
Benin's minister for environment and forestry, Mr. Raphael Edou, says his country will look towards every relevant regional institution, including the UN Economic Commission for… Read more »
November 19, 2013
Africa: Today Is Africa Day in Warsaw As Climate Talks Enter High Gear
All eyes will be on Africa today in Warsaw, as it's leaders, scientists and intellectuals meet for the Africa Day event which has become the high point of the continent's… Read more »
November 01, 2013
Africa: Small Is Beautiful - African Small Island Development States and Climate Change
Of the world's fifty-two Small Island Developing States (SIDS), six are in Africa. They include; Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Mauritius, São Tomé and… Read more »
October 21, 2013
Africa: Climate Change and Development Conference Opens
The Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) opened here this morning under the theme " Africa on the rise: Can the opportunities from climate… Read more »
Africa: How Africa Can Take the Lead On Climate and Development Agenda
The UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes, has called on Africa to go beyond global negotiations on climate… Read more »
October 10, 2013
Africa: ECA to Host Third Annual Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference
The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) will organise the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) at the UN Conference Centre in Addis… Read more »
July 25, 2013
Africa: Small Island Developing States to Draw Attention to Climate Change Vulnerabilities
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States will be held from 1 to 4 September 2014 in Apia, Samoa, to be preceded by activities related to the conference… Read more »
July 05, 2013
Africa: Climate Scientists Prepare for Report Finish in Ethiopia
235 Authors and Review Editors of Working Group III's contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report concluded their work on the… Read more »
June 26, 2013
Africa: Upcoming Eca Study On African SIDS to Highlight Transformative Development Opportunities in the Face of Climate Change
The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be held in Apia, Samoa, in 2014 to focus the world's attention on a group of countries that remain… Read more »
July 01, 2013
Africa: Climate Scientists Gather for Fourth Meeting in Addis Ababa
Scientists from around the world comprising the lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III have commenced their fourth meeting that… Read more »
March 14, 2006
Africa: Economic Commission for Africa Says Governance Improving But Challenges Remain
A new ECA report concludes that overall governance is improving in Africa but stresses that major challenges still remain. Read more »
October 03, 2005
Africa: New Executive Secretary Abdoulie Janneh Joins UNECA
Senior UN manager and Africa specialist Abdoulie Janneh assumes his new post as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Monday. Read more »
September 30, 2005
Africa: Amoako Completes Decade As Executive Secretary of UNECA
Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako Friday completes his term at the helm of the continent's leading development think-tank. Read more »
September 13, 2005
Africa: Responsible Media - Critical for Development
Development objectives such as the MDGs are all very well but unless they are publicised, explained and discussed, their impact will be small. Read more »
Africa: Better Governance, More Goals Achieved
Increasing aid and mobilizing business to achieve the MDGs in Africa is only one side of the coin. African governments also need to raise their game. Read more »
Africa: Educate Girls - and Boost Health
In the years leading up to 2000, sub-Saharan Africa saw striking progress towards Millennium Development Goal 2, achieving universal primary school enrolment - a solid seven… Read more »
Africa: Private Sector - Key to Economic Growth
The private sector only gets a brief mention in the Millennium Development Goals. Yet it is business - entrepreneurs, employers, investors and workers - who are best positioned to… Read more »
Africa: MDGs - It's Not the Money But What You Do With It
Don't get hung up on aid, warns the Economic Commission for Africa. The policies and capacity to deliver on them are what counts. Read more »
Africa: Africa Can Move Faster on MDGs, Says Report
A new report on the Millennium Development Goals published by the Economic Commission for Africa says that despite widespread pessimism, some African countries are on course to… Read more »
March 11, 2005
Africa: Commission for Africa Report Launched
The Commission for Africa (CFA), brainchild of British premier Tony Blair, launched its long-awaited report [pdf] on 11 March, urging increased aid to the continent, but stressing… Read more »
March 04, 2005
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Forum Discusses 'Youth for Leadership in the 21st Century'
Mr. Chairman, Colleagues from the United Nations system, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Read more »