{"id":57149,"date":"2015-11-04T23:39:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T21:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2015\/11\/fridays-of-the-commission\/"},"modified":"2015-11-04T23:39:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T21:39:51","slug":"fridays-of-the-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/fridays-of-the-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Fridays of the Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n                                                    ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 4, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                <\/span><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>What:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference-Debate of the \u201cFridays of the Commission\u201d<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>Theme:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cToward Climate Justice for Africa\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Economic Affairs, AUC in partnership with OXFAM, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Act Alliance.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>When:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday 6 November 2015<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Time:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Small Conference Room 2 of the AUC New Conference Building\u00a0<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>Objectives:\u00a0 In the framework of the preparation of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) to be held in November 31st to December 11th, 2015 in Paris, France, this special session will:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Share perspectives on the essential elements of a new climate change agreement, and concrete proposals on climate adaptation financing<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Bring forward evidence and voices from frontline communities facing climate change across Africa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expected Outcomes:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The expected outcomes of the meeting are as follows:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Further the understanding of African priorities for climate change action and financing for adaptation<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Enhanced visibility and identification of support for funding community-owned initiatives on renewable energy, agriculture investment.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Environmental degradation and adverse impacts of climate change continue to seriously affect the continent of Africa. Periodic droughts, flooding and the looming El-Ni\u00f1o are a few of the impacts that African people continue to face as result of climate change. 2015 is a critical year for global climate change negotiations.\u00a0 From November 30tht to December 11th, UN member states will be meeting in Paris, France to negotiate a new climate change treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0As one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable continents to climate change, Africa must strategically be engaged in this process to secure a mutually beneficial deal that delivers the much needed support to enable its people to adapt to the negative effects of climate change, whilst crafting strategies to help deal with global warming levels as recommended by scientists \u2013 below 1.5\u00b0C. ACT Alliance, We-Have-Faith, PACJA and Oxfam International, and their member organizations, are &#8211; in partnership with the Africa Union Commission Department of Economic Affairs &#8211;\u00a0 organising a Friday of the Commission session entitled \u201cToward Climate Justice for Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event will showcase how various stakeholders \u2013 civil society, UN negotiators, faith leaders, Members of Parliament, and government representatives \u2013 are forging a partnership to ensure a strong COP21 outcome that will guarantee support to vulnerable communities in Africa.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Media representatives are invited to cover the meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 4, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; What:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference-Debate of the \u201cFridays of the Commission\u201d Theme:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cToward Climate Justice for Africa\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Who:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Economic Affairs, AUC in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-57149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}