ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 7, 2015/APO (African Press Organization)/ —
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
WHAT: Side event on the Africa Day high level event in the margins of the
UNFCCC Cop21
Theme: Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Implications, Prospects and
Africa’s Readiness to contribute to solutions
WHEN: Tuesday 08 December 2015, at 11:30-14:00
WHERE: Le, Bourget, Paris (Conference Hall 4 Room No. 10)
WHO: Africa Day high level event is jointly organized by African Union
Commission (AUC); African Development Bank (AfDB); United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA); NEPAD Planning and
Coordinating Agency (NPCA); in collaboration with East African Community (EAC); Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE);
and Republic of Sudan.
OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of the Africa Day is to provide a platform and opportunity to critically examine what the post-2015 climate change agreement could mean to Africa as a continent and to bring to the attention of the world, some of the measures Africa is taking as solutions to address climate change.
Participants: African Ministers of Environment and other climate related ministers; Members of Pan-African Parliament and African Parliament; Member of African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN); Researchers, Civil Society Groups; Partners; Media representatives as well as pan African Institutions supporting policies and programmes pertaining to climate change, environment and sustainable development.
