CoPs 22, 2016: The MarraKech Climate Change Meeting

• CoPs 22, 2016: The MarraKech Climate Change

Meeting.
• Demonstrated to the world the spirit of
multilateral cooperation and that the
implementation of the Paris Agreement is
underway.
 THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
(SDGS):13, Climate Action
• Sustainable development goal 13 specifically
called for climate action to mitigate the effects
of climate change on countries and societies
through education, awareness campaigns and
behaviour changes for actions to reduce the
threat of climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES : ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
UNFCCC AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL

 A global response to the climate problem.

 Stimulation of an array of International and national
policies on climate change.
 The creation of an international carbon market
 The institution of the new institutional mechanisms that
provide the foundation for future climate change
mitigating efforts.
 CONCLUSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
• Human activities have led to large increases in heat-trapping
gases over the past century.

• Global average temperatures and sea level have increased and

precipitation patterns have changed.

• The global warming of the past 50 years is due to human

induced increases in heat-trapping gases.

• Human environmental footprints have also been identified in

many other aspects of the climate system including changes
in ocean heat content, precipitation, atmospheric moisture
and melting of Artic sea ice.
 Conclusion Cont’d
• Global temperature increases are projected to
continue over this century but for how much
and how long depends on a number of factors
like, the amount of heat-trapping gas
emissions and how sensitive the climate is to
those emissions.
 Conclusion Cont’d
• As far as Africa is concerned, its location around the tropics makes it
vulnerable to tropical weather conditions which exposes the
continent to increased climate variability.

• Africa’s economies depend highly on agriculture and direct

consumption of natural resources, which create the potential for
dramatic negative consequences of global climate change on the
economy, human development and the environment (e.g. transport
system, sea level rise, increased and or reduced precipitation and
bad weather).

• Climate variability will have effects on hydro power generation, tree

growth, fisheries, tourism etc.

• This could trigger spontaneous migration from some parts of the

continent as an adaptive option.