Africa Climate Week: Opening Ceremony

The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. UNFCCC stands for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Convention has near universal membership (197 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep the global average temperature rise this century as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The ultimate objective of all three agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, in a time frame which allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development.

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[biligakoivogui]

Félicitations
Mme Biliga KOIVOGUI, Point Focal Genre et Changement Climatique, Rep de Guinée

[RobynKLaczy]

"Even with our good work, we will need *more*... it is up to each of us to set the tone and shape."

Climate change is still not being taken seriously enough. I have total faith in Africans and in Indigenous people - they know the way. I believe it.

[felixosmancole]

Great presentation by Excellency President of Gabon and all other delegates from across the continent and the world as a whole.