Climate change has massive implications for development
in Africa, a continent that contributes the least greenhouse gasses but stands
to lose the most with climate change because of its vulnerability and limited
adaptation capacity.
The 5th Conference on Climate Change and
Development in Africa (CCDA-V) in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe had the theme: “Africa, Climate Change and
Sustainable development: What is at stake at Paris and beyond?”
Presentations and
discussions at the conference were shaped in ways that concrete proposals could
be elicited to strengthen Africa’s contributions at COP 21 which opens in
Paris, France at the end of November.
In Paris, a new universal climate governance regime is
expected to be adopted, which will come into effect in 2020.
Seth Osafo, a member of the African Group of
Negotiators (AGN) and former Legal Advisor to the UNFCCC spoke at the CCDA-V on
the subject “Kyoto to Paris – an African Perspective”.
In an interview with Kofi Adu Domfeh, he begins by
touching on the African voice at COP21 and the political commitment of African
governments in the articulation and implementation of INDCs.
Listen to interview:
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