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Pacific Think Tank Urges Policy Shift on Climate Change
On the eve of key climate talks in Copenhagen, an independent Pacific think tank has called for world leaders attending the conference to hear the region’s plight in battling rising sea levels. With the low-lying Pacific nations struggling to adapt...
African Leaders to Meet on Climate Change in Ethiopia
The second meeting of the Committee of Ten African Heads of States and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) will be held on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The CAHOSCC are Algeria, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda...
African Trade Ministers have Called for Unified Vision on Trade
African Ministers of Trade started their deliberations with the focus on development to formulate an African position towards the negotiations of the Doha Round which began in 2001. The African position on the issue of development will be one of the key...
Seychelles’ Students Training in Climate Change Photography
A group of Seychellois students are taking part in a one-week training session on photography in order to take pictures of climate change-related subjects that will be shown at the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in...
African Parliamentarians in Kenyan Capital to Discuss Climate Change
The African Parliamentarians Summit on Climatic Change opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on Tuesday in a bid to strengthen Africa’s position on climate change in preparation for the climate change conference to be held in Copenhagen in December. In...Was It Worth the Time And Money (not to Mention Media Attention)?
I just finished reading Andrew Walker’s assessment of the G20 summit on the BBC NEWS Web site. My guess is that any assessment will probably come down to whether the glass is half-empty or half-full without raising any questions about whether...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Announces $2.6b Funding for the African Development Bank
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced the decision to temporarily make available $2.6 billion to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group to enable the institution address the challenges resulting from the impact of the international financial...Not to be Trusted with Problem-Solving?
John Nichols’ latest post to his blog (The Beat) on the Web site for The Nation may have come up with the perfect rejoinder to my recent grousing about the prevailing attitude at the G20 preferring growth to problem-solving: The G20 Summit that...
