Paris, 2 December 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) - "Africa has played a key role in global climate negotiations. The African group of negotiators has been working hard since 2006, but it must find ways to strengthen its capacity as a block.”

Paris, France, 1 December 2015 (ClimDev-Africa) - Africa is not only the continent of the future, but mostly the continent of now, Madame Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma President of the Commission of the African Union told thousands of participants at the inaugural ceremony of the Africa Pavilion at the ongoing climate talks in Paris.

Paris, France, 1 December 2015 (Joint ECA,AUC,AfDB Press Release) - 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 opening, President Yayi Boni of Benin, was resolute that the Africa ...

Paris France 1 December 2015 (ECA) – The UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Dr. Carlos Lopes today told participants at the inaugural ceremony of the African Pavilion at COP 21, that Africa’s agenda for structural transformation and inclusive green growth cannot be possible ...

Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia 21 November 2015 (ACPC) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 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 ...