ISS Seminar: Addis Ababa: Analysis of the Outcomes of the Copenhagen Talks on Climate Change: Implications for Africa
Date: 2010-01-29
Venue: Harrar Grill Conference Room, Hilton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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A Public Seminar Jointly Organised by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Ethiopian International Institute for Peace and Development (EIIPD)
The African Conflict Prevention Programme (ACPP) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Addis Ababa Office cordially invites you to a public seminar entitled Analysis of the Outcomes of the Copenhagen Talks on Climate Change: Implications for Africa.
In December 2009, World leaders converged in Copenhagen for the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference to carry out negotiations on a new climate change agreement. Africa forged a common position and a single team was empowered to negotiate and represent all the member states of the African Union. Accordingly, the negotiating team urged the world community to take concrete actions and made a proposition that the developed countries provide financial support through levies on aviation, shipping and financial transactions. According to some observers, the Copenhagen Conference did not deliver the results that many had hoped for. Yet, participants of the conference agreed on some issues such as the global temperature should not increase by more than 2° C through human activities. Moreover, some countries allocated budgets to enable the poor and vulnerable countries in Africa and elsewhere to cope with the impact of climate change.
However, the meeting failed to deliver any substantive progress on targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the transfer of technology and finance from richer to poorer nations for adaptation and mitigation. Against this backdrop, the questions to be asked are many. Was the Copenhagen Conference on climate change a failure or a success? What could and should be reasonably expected to happen in the upcoming climate change meetings in Bonn and Mexico City? Would upcoming climate meetings deliver expectations that were not met in Copenhagen? Can Africa by itself formulate and implement a policy that addresses climate change in a manner that is suitable for itself? The aim of the seminar is therefore to consider these questions and analyze the outcome of the Copenhagen meeting on climate change that was held in December 2009 in Copenhagen and in the process contribute to efforts aimed at improving and implementing Africa’s climate change policy. Presenters will be drawn from governments, diplomats, policy makers, civil societies and the research community.
You are invited to participate in this important discussion. Please forward this invitation to interested colleagues.
