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25th November, 2011
Nine African Journalists To Attend Confab On Climate Change
NINE journalists from Africa have been selected by the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) for Climate Resilience Development, an environmental think tank, to participate in the 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Frame-work Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa.
The journalists, from Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Cameroun, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya were selected under the Media Capacity Building Project of the AAP.
AAP is established under Japan-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joint framework.
The Conference of Parties is a high level meeting which provides platform for issues on climate change and environmental related issues to be extensively discussed and to find lasting solutions to the challenges.
It is expected to be attended by a number of dignitaries including the world bodies, heads of state and governments, ministers and civil society organisations, among other agencies.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1992 to tackle the defining challenges in recent times particularly climate change with the ultimate goal of stabilising the level of greenhouse gas emission in the world’s atmosphere.
The conference also seeks to deal with the central issues of enabling people to adapt to the inevitable effect of climate change and build institutions that will help support developing countries in their quest to deal with climate change.
In Cancun last year, governments agreed on a comprehensive package to help developing countries build their own clean energy futures and also adapt to climate change.
The Co-ordinator of the Media Capacity Building Programme of the AAP, Ms. Jacqueline Frank, said the conference will provide a platform for the journalists not only to participate but to interact and report on intergovernmental negotiations.
One of the objectives of the APP, she said, was to help build the capacities of journalists by supporting their professional development in all the 20 AAP countries.
“The AAP fellowship seeks to improve the skills of journalists as they grapple with complex climate change issues,” she said
“The AAP Resilient Development for Africa is supporting the govern-ments of 20 African countries to achieve transformational change designed to shift climate change adaptation planning and interventions from siloed, single-sector approaches to a comprehensive strategic approach characterised by multi-sector integrated planning”.
The journalists, from Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Cameroun, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya were selected under the Media Capacity Building Project of the AAP.
AAP is established under Japan-United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joint framework.
The Conference of Parties is a high level meeting which provides platform for issues on climate change and environmental related issues to be extensively discussed and to find lasting solutions to the challenges.
It is expected to be attended by a number of dignitaries including the world bodies, heads of state and governments, ministers and civil society organisations, among other agencies.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was established in 1992 to tackle the defining challenges in recent times particularly climate change with the ultimate goal of stabilising the level of greenhouse gas emission in the world’s atmosphere.
The conference also seeks to deal with the central issues of enabling people to adapt to the inevitable effect of climate change and build institutions that will help support developing countries in their quest to deal with climate change.
In Cancun last year, governments agreed on a comprehensive package to help developing countries build their own clean energy futures and also adapt to climate change.
The Co-ordinator of the Media Capacity Building Programme of the AAP, Ms. Jacqueline Frank, said the conference will provide a platform for the journalists not only to participate but to interact and report on intergovernmental negotiations.
One of the objectives of the APP, she said, was to help build the capacities of journalists by supporting their professional development in all the 20 AAP countries.
“The AAP fellowship seeks to improve the skills of journalists as they grapple with complex climate change issues,” she said
“The AAP Resilient Development for Africa is supporting the govern-ments of 20 African countries to achieve transformational change designed to shift climate change adaptation planning and interventions from siloed, single-sector approaches to a comprehensive strategic approach characterised by multi-sector integrated planning”.
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