2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference - EU Pavilion Side Event called'Africa-EU scientific and technological cooperation in the field of climate change'
28 November 2011 - 28 November 2011
Austria
The conference is officially referred to as the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (CMP 7) to the Kyoto Protocol.
A primary focus of the conference will be to secure a global climate agreement as the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period (2008–2012) is about to end. It is also expected to focus on "finalising at least some of the Cancun Agreements", reached at the 2010 Conference, such as "co-operation on clean technology", as well as "forest protection, adaptation to climate impacts, and finance - the promised transfer of funds from rich countries to poor in order to help them protect forests, adapt to climate impacts, and "green" their economies".
The EU Pavilion side event called 'Africa-EU scientific and technological cooperation in the field of climate change' will focus on successful EU-Africa scientific cooperation in the field of climate change, focusing on best practices, challenges and opportunities for development of capacities for climate change research in Africa. Discussion will look into on capacity needed in areas such as climate predictions scenarios, climate change impacts on health, agriculture and ecosystems.
The event will bring together panel discussion involving representatives of the European Commission, EU Member, States, European and African researchers, UN agencies and other stakeholders.
Specific questions will be addressed during the conference such as:
- what role can international scientific cooperation play in building capacity research and development in Africa?;
- EU-Africa Partnership on climate change - key areas for cooperation, collaboration opportunities and research gaps?;
- what are the 'best practices' for successful capacity development in the field of research and what possibilities exist for disseminating them?;
- how do we ensure that research in Africa is able to influence policy making?
For further information, please visit official COP17 Website: http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/(opens in new window) and
EU-Funded Research on Climate change: http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index_en.cfm?pg=climate(opens in new window)
A primary focus of the conference will be to secure a global climate agreement as the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period (2008–2012) is about to end. It is also expected to focus on "finalising at least some of the Cancun Agreements", reached at the 2010 Conference, such as "co-operation on clean technology", as well as "forest protection, adaptation to climate impacts, and finance - the promised transfer of funds from rich countries to poor in order to help them protect forests, adapt to climate impacts, and "green" their economies".
The EU Pavilion side event called 'Africa-EU scientific and technological cooperation in the field of climate change' will focus on successful EU-Africa scientific cooperation in the field of climate change, focusing on best practices, challenges and opportunities for development of capacities for climate change research in Africa. Discussion will look into on capacity needed in areas such as climate predictions scenarios, climate change impacts on health, agriculture and ecosystems.
The event will bring together panel discussion involving representatives of the European Commission, EU Member, States, European and African researchers, UN agencies and other stakeholders.
Specific questions will be addressed during the conference such as:
- what role can international scientific cooperation play in building capacity research and development in Africa?;
- EU-Africa Partnership on climate change - key areas for cooperation, collaboration opportunities and research gaps?;
- what are the 'best practices' for successful capacity development in the field of research and what possibilities exist for disseminating them?;
- how do we ensure that research in Africa is able to influence policy making?
For further information, please visit official COP17 Website: http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/(opens in new window) and
EU-Funded Research on Climate change: http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index_en.cfm?pg=climate(opens in new window)