Highlights from the Africa Carbon Forum in Addis Ababa

Highlights for Friday, 20 April 2012

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The fourth Africa Carbon Forum concluded its discussions today at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Participants convened over three days to discuss the latest developments in the carbon market and to identify means by which the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other mitigation mechanisms can be successfully applied in Africa. Today’s meeting included plenary sessions on forestry and agriculture and on global perspectives on the future demands for offsets; two round table discussions on benefits to Africa from “climate smart agriculture” and on carbon market linkages. Two workshops were also conducted on new market mechanisms and on REDD+ linkages between projects and national frameworks. As well, two training sessions provided participants with information on establishing national/regional grid emission factors and on carbon and sustainable agriculture land management. John Kilani closed the Forum at 5:20pm.

Book Entitled ‘Climate Frontline’ Launched

“African Voices Feeling Impacts Largely Perpetrated by Industrialised Nations”

 

VOL:1 ISSN:15 Concern Universal recently launched a book entitle ‘Climate Frontline’ at the Coconut Residence in Kerr Serigne.

The book, which is jointly published by Concern Universal, FARM-Africa, Find Your Feet, Self Help Africa and Utviklingsfondet/The Development Fund, focuses on issues of climate change and its impact on the world as well as the lives of people in African communities.

In climate frontline, African women and men describe, in their own words, how climate change is affecting their lives and how they are adapting to survive. These communities are not only living with climate change, instead they are implementing strategies in order to adapt to the changing conditions.