Launch of the 2nd AfricaAdapt Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund:
Call for submissions 9-20 August 2010!

AfricaAdapt is launching its second Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund. The Fund offers support to African researchers, local and civil society organisations, cooperatives and community networks that create new ways of sharing knowledge between African communities. These poor and vulnerable communities rarely get the opportunity to share their valuable experience and learn from others in formal exchanges of knowledge on climate change adaptation.

Do you have an idea? Apply now!

Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund
Pioneering knowledge sharing for climate change adaptation

Do you have an idea that would allow local communities in Africa to better access and share knowledge on climate change adaptation?
AfricaAdapt’s Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund offers grants of up to US$6,500 for new knowledge sharing initiatives about climate change adaptation that effectively engage ‘hard to reach’ and marginalised communities.

The following will provide an overview of the aims of the fund and how to submit an expression of interest from 9th August to 20 August, 2010.

East African climate change may cause 'social upheavals'

Degradation such as Mau Forest Crisis indicate a conflict between environment and development with catastrophic human survival and economic consequences

Over 75 journalists and scientists will meet in Kampala for the first ever journalist climate change conference. The conference is due to take place from 31st May to 2nd June 2010 at hotel Africana in Kampala, Uganda.

Conference organizers say they are looking at creating a home grown solution to a common problem of climate change communication, raise awareness and provide a link between the different players.

Network of Climate Journalists in the Greater Horn of Africa (NECJOGHA) is calling for volunteers for the International Climate Change Communication Conference for Africa due to take place from May 31st- June 1st 2010 in Kampala, Uganda.

To volunteer please contact Patrick Luganda or Peter Wamboga on the emails below: patrick_luganda@yahoo.com, necjogha@yahoo.com or farmingnews@yahoo.co.uk pwamboga@yahoo.co.uk

Network of Climate Journalists in the Greater Horn of Africa (NECJOGHA) is calling for volunteers for the International Climate Change Communication Conference for Africa due to take place from May 31st- June 1st 2010 in Kampala, Uganda.

We welcome motivated and enthusiastic people who enjoy working with exceptional and supportive colleagues and contributing to the success of the conference. It will be a wonderful experience for us and for you.

Network of Climate Journalists in the Greater Horn of Africa
AFRICA CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE –KAMPALA

Improving Media understanding of Climate Change Information for Applicable Communication in Africa
Venue: The three day International Conference will take place at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort in Kampala, Uganda
Date: May 31st –June 2nd, 2010
Major Objective

Profile of Yvo de Boer-Executive Secretary UNFCCC

Even when things were going well in the rollercoaster UN climate talks – which was not very often – Yvo de Boer looked glum. Young observers of the final days in the Bali or Copenhagen conferences felt compelled to give him a hug, ministers knew to give him a wide berth, and other diplomats recognised that his job of twisting the arms of negotiators and bashing politicians' heads together to reach agreement was next to impossible.

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PRESS RELEASE

Executive Secretary leaves United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change Secretariat

(Bonn, 18 February 2010) – Mr. Yvo de Boer has announced today that he will resign his position as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as of 1 July 2010.

If You Want To Know Who's To Blame For Copenhagen, Look To The US Senate

21 December 2009
Guardian.co.uk

The last time global negotiations collapsed like this was in Doha, in 2001. After the trade talks fell apart, the World Trade Organization assured delegates that there was nothing to fear: they would move to Mexico, where a deal would be done. The negotiations ran into the sand of the Mexican resort of Cancún, never to re-emerge. After eight years of dithering, nothing has been agreed.

Copenhagen: The key players and how they rated

The agreement brokered by Barack Obama has faced international criticism from all sides, but most participants are already back home trying to portray it as a national political victory

Barack Obama
The last time Barack Obama took a chance on Copenhagen it ended in abject humiliation.

Smallholder farming in Africa: Climate Casualty or Pioneer?
By Dr Akin Adesina
For hundreds of millions of people in Africa, climate change is not about lowering smoke stack emissions or turning off electric lights. It is about whether or not they will have enough to eat.

Agriculture is Africa’s main connection to climate change. This fact must inform the global climate change pact now being hammered out in Copenhagen, if that pact is to address the needs and realize the potential of the world’s second-most populous continent.

Press Release Embargoed to 00.01 on 30th November 2009

CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVEN BY BAD ECONOMIC MODELS SAY NOBELS AND MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

Nobel Prize winners join top anti-poverty and environment groups in call for new economic approaches to support climate deal

Today, 30 November, leading poverty and environment groups were joined by Nobel Prize winners and other international experts in calling for a new economic model to support an urgent tough, new climate deal to be negotiated in Copenhagen in December.

The following statement is sent on behalf of the Met Office (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society.

Climate Science Statement

From Met Office, Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society

By Esther Nakkazi

After three days of a climate change congress, Uganda’s priority at the Copenhagen summit will be adaptation. There are only two weeks to the international climate change talks in Copenhagen.
The African Initiative for climate change and its partners Centre of International Governance Innovation, Makerere University and the Salama Shield Foundation led the congress in Kampala.