Chapter 6 Climate Change

In: Yearbook on the African Union Volume 4 (2023)
Author:
Ulf Engel
Search for other papers by Ulf Engel in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
Type:
Chapter
Pages:
81–92
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004713147_007

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

$40.00
Add to Cart
Redeem Access Token
  • Collapse
  • Expand
Series:  Yearbook on the African Union, Volume: 4
Cover Yearbook on the African Union Volume 4 (2023)
E-Book ISBN:
9789004713147
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
30 Oct 2024

  • African Union 2023. ‘The African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action’. Nairobi, 6 September URL: <https://media.africaclimatesummit.org/Final+declaration+1709-English.pdf?request-content-type=%22application/force-download> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • African Union 2024. ‘OAU/AU Treaties, Conventions, Protocols & Charters’. Addis Ababa. URL: <https://au.int/en/treaties> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • AU Assembly 2009. ‘Decision on the African Common Position on Climate Change’. 12th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1–3 February. Assembly/AU/Dec.236 (XII).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • AU Assembly 2023a. ‘Decision on the Establishment of an African and World Decade on Afforestation’. 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18–19 February. Assembly/AU/Dec.846 (XXXVI).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • AU Assembly 2023b. ‘Decision on the Report of the Coordinator of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC)’. 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18–19 February. Assembly/AU/Dec.855 (XXXVI).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • AU Assembly 2023c. ‘Declaration on the Outcomes of the Dakar 2 Summit on Food Sovereignty and Resilience’. 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18–19 February. Assembly/AU/Decl.5 (XXXVI).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • AU Council 2023. ‘Declaration on Accelerating the Path to Achieving the Goals and Targets of the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 in Africa’. 42nd Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15–16 February. EX.CL/Decl.1 (XLII).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • AU PSC 2023.’Communiqué’. 1184th PSC meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 November. PSC/PR/COMM.1184 (2023).

  • AUC PAPS 2024. ‘Conflict Management. Annual Digest. Vol. 1’. Addis Ababa: AUC Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security.

  • Burck, Jan et al.2024. Climate Change Performance Index 2024. Bonn: Germanwatch etc. URL: <https://ccpi.org/wp-content/uploads/CCPI-2024-Results.pdf> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • CCRS 2023. ‘Final Statement’. Adopted at the 2nd Conference of the Heads of State and Government of the Climate Commission for the Sahel Region, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 February.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • IPCC 2023. Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report. Geneva: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. URL: <https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_LongerReport.pdf> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Nicholsen, Kit et al.2023. Planning Africa’s Adaptation Finance: Estimating and reducing country level adaptation gaps. New York: UN Development Programme.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • UNDP 2023. Adaptation Gap Report 2023. Underfinanced. Underprepared. Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed. New York: UN Development Programme.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • UNECA 2022. ‘AU Policy Conference on Promoting the Peace, Security and Development Nexus’. Addis Ababa: UN Economic Commission for Africa. URL: <https://www.uneca.org/events/au-policy-conference-promoting-peace-security-development-nexus> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • UNFCCC 2015. ‘Paris Agreement,’ 12 December. Paris: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. URL: <https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • UNFCCC 2024. ‘Decision 1/CP.28 Operationalization of the new funding arrangements, including a fund, for responding to loss and damage referred to in paragraphs 2–3 of decisions 2/CP.27 and 2/CMA.4’. UN FCCC/CP/2023/11/Add.1.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • WMO 2023a. ‘Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change’. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization (= WMO press release 04092023, 31 August).

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • WMO 2023b. State of the Climate in Africa 2022. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization (= WMO-No. 1330).

  • World Bank 2024. ‘World Bank Open Data’. Washington, DC: The World Bank. URL: <data.worldbank.org> (accessed: 30 June 2024).

  • Akerl, Tobias et al2023. ‘Climate change risk, resilience, and adaptation among rural farmers in East Africa: A literature review’, Regional Sustainability 4 (2): 185–193.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Asiamah, Gildfred et al.2023. ‘The politics of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa’. In J.W. Harbeson and D. Rothchild (eds.) African in World Politics. Sustaining Reform in a Turbulent World Order. 7th ed., New York, NY, Abingdon: Routledge, 167–181.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Ayanlade, Ayansina et al.2023. ‘Complex climate change risk and emerging directions for vulnerability research in Africa’, Complex Risk Management 40 (100497), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100497

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Bedair, Heba et al.2023. ‘Funding African-led climate initiatives’, Nature Climate Change 13: 493–494.

  • Moyo, Enos et al.2023. ‘Health effects of climate change in Africa: A call for an improved implementation of prevention measures’, Eco-Environment & Health 2 (2): 74–78.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Omotoso, Abeeb Babatunde et al.2023. ‘Climate change and variability in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of trends and impacts on agriculture’, Journal of Cleaner Production 414 (137487), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137487

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Solomon, Hussein and Jude Cocodia 2023. African Security in the Anthropocene. Cham: Springer.

  • Aragall, Xavier et al.2023. ‘Climate change and migration. Understanding factors, developing opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb’. Madrid: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Barcelona: European Institute of the Mediterranean.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Azour, Jihad and Abebe Aemro Selassie 2023. ‘Africa’s Fragile States Are Greatest Climate Change Casualties’, IMF Blog [Washington, DC], 30 August.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Antia, Mfoniso and Seryna Solanki 2023. ‘Thoughts on Amcen’s Decision at the 19th Session on Geoengineering Technologies’, Geoengineering Monitor [Val David, QC], 19 September.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Getzel, Bianca and Michai Robertson 2023. ‘Will the World Bank make good on the loss and damage fund?,’ ODI Insights [London], 8 December.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Foundethakis, Michael and Lamyaa Gadelhak 2024. ‘Africa: COP 28 highlights’, Baker McKenzie: Global Compliance News [London], 12 January.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Kimutai, Joyce et al.2023. ‘Human-induced climate change increased drought severity in [the] Horn of Africa’. London: Grantham Institute, https://doi.org/10.25561/102624

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Rüttinger, Lukas et al.2023. ‘Weathering Risk. African Climate Security Risk Assessment. Executive Summary’. London: adelphi.

  • Tarif, Kheira (ed.) 2023. ‘Climate Change and Security in West Africa. Regional Perspectives on Addressing Climate-related Security Risks’. Dakar: Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • WRI (World Resources Institute) 2023. ‘Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next’ [Washington, DC], 17 December.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation

  • Africa Climate Summit. URL: <https://africaclimatesummit.org>.

  • African Climate Foundation. URL: <https://africanclimatefoundation.org/our-people/>.

  • African Group of Negotiators. URL: <https://africangroupofnegotiators.org>.

  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. ‘United Nations Climate Change’. URL: <https://unfccc.int>.

  • UNFCCC Conference of the Parties 28. URL: <https://unfccc.int/cop28>.

Metrics

All Time Past 365 days Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 90 90 83
Full Text Views 0 0 0
PDF Views & Downloads 0 0 0