Description
Over 120 participants from all over Africa joined the Africa, Climate Change, Environment and Security (ACCES) Dialogue Forum on the 11th October, 2010 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a fruitful and meaningful dialogue on the security implications of climate change in Africa. The ACCES Dialogue Forum was organised as a pre-event to the 7th Africa Development Forum, hosted by UNECA and the African Development Bank on 11-15 October and the meeting of the Global Climate Change Alliance arranged by the European Commission on 12 October.
Views and experiences where exchanged between participants representing relevant ministries from national governments in Africa, the United Nations, the European Union, African Union, international organisations, development agencies, African environmental agencies and authorities, universities and research centres, non-Governmental organisations and grass roots groups. Many participants entered into constructive discussion about the pressing security needs of African communities faced with climate change.
Information
- Author(s)
- Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation
- Publisher
- Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation
- Place published
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Date / journal vol no.
- 11 October 2010
- Pages
- 11
