Issues in Climate Change
The sixth African Economic Conference went into its second day on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, where delegates are focusing on thematic environmental and climate issues affecting African countries.
Two French academics - Patrick Guillaumont, and Catherine Simone – disclosed that they had produced a new indicator of physical vulnerability to climate change, which determined the extent to which countries are vulnerable to climate change. Read more
- Chair: Adebayo Olukoshi, Director, African Institute of Economic Planning and Development, UNECA, Dakar, Senegal
- Paper 1 - Climate Variability and Livelihood Vulnerability in the Rural Areas of Lagos State - Ganiyu Akolade, Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Lagos State Polytechnic, Lagos
Discussant: Athanasius Coker, Chief Program Coordinator, African development Bank
- Paper 2 - To What Extent are African Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change? Lessons of a New Indicator of Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change - Patrick Guillaumont and Catherine Simonet, CERDI / Universitie d'Auvergne
Discussant: Zuzana Brixiova, Economic Advisor, UNDP Country Office, Swaziland
- Paper 3 - Quelques Aspects Socio-Economiques des Amenagements Hydro-Agricoles en reponse aux impacts des changements climatiques dans les Departements du mono-couffo au Benin - Yabi Ibouraima, Afouda Fulgence et Boko Michel, Universite d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
Discussant: Youba Sokona, Coordinator, African Climate Policy Centre, UNECA
Did you know
By 2020, in some countries, yields from rainfed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50%
