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UNECA Headquarters,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 September 2009
The APF held a Special Session on Climate Change on 3 September 2009 at UNECA’s Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event focused on Africa’s concerns and expectations in the run up to the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009. This was the first such Special Session of the APF to focus on a strategic theme facing Africa and the world.
The meeting was addressed by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Ministers from African countries and Africa’s development partners. Regional institutions such as UNECA, NEPAD and the AU Commission also attended. The Joint Statement will be transmitted to the UN High Level event on 22 September, the G20 Summit at Pittsburgh and other processes.
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List of Documents
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Joint Statement
Background materials from Grantham Research Institute
Background Document: Global Agreement on Climate Change in Africa
Background Document: Africa Paper 1 Fact Base
Background Document: Africa Paper 2 Deal Elements
Background Document: Implications for African Leaders
Speeches/Presentations
- Welcome Remarks by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
- Keynote address by Mr. Ato Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Statement by H.E. Dr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission
- Presentation on "Possibilities for Africa in Global Action on Climate Change", Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- Speech by State Secretary Ib Petersen, Denmark
- Remarks by Mr. João Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal
- Presentation by Mr. William Kojo Agyemang-Bonsu, UNFCCC Focal Point/CDM-DNA, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana
See also: www.oecd.org/cop15
For further information on OECD work on climate change, please visit: www.oecd.org/env/cc
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