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Africa: Carlos Lopes On Africa's Course in the Climate Negotiations
UNECA, 2 December 2015
ClimDev-Africa) - "Africa has played a key role in global climate negotiations. Since 2006, the African group of negotiators working hard, but it must find ways to strengthen its… Read more »
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Africa: The Africa Pavilion at COP21 Officially Opens on a High Note
UNECA, 4 December 2015
Africa today sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris. Speaking at the high level… Read more »
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)
The Africa Pavilion at COP21 Opened on a High Note
Africa sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris. Speaking at the high level opening, President Yayi Boni of Benin, was resolute that ... Africa is not at the negotiating table with a begging bowl. He told the audience at the Africa high level event marking the launch of the Africa Pavilion that "Africa did not come here (COP21) to beg for money or assistance but to bring about commitment of all concerned to Africa's adaptation needs."
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4 December 2015
Africa Day at the Africa Pavilion During the Paris Climate Change Conference 2015.
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Africa Day at the Africa Pavilion was held on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, during the Paris Climate Change Conference 2015. This video by IISD Reporting Services provides an overview of the events: 'a High Level Event on African Climate Solutions,' hosted by the Conference of the African Heads of State on Climate Change (CAHOSCC); a televised 'Energy Debate,' hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB); and a panel on 'Africa's Journey in the UNFCCC Negotiations: Key Findings of see more »
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The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, has said that unless climate negotiators and governments begin to put faces and people behind the statistics on impacts of climate change in Africa, "the sense of urgency with which the upcoming negotiation must be approached from a humanistic perspective would be lost."
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