COP27 SPOTLIGHTS AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE & SOLUTIONS IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ADAPT OR STARVE UN SAYS

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 11/13/2022, 22:30 Time

USPA NEWS - Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance even as they are forced to cope with droughts, floods, cyclones and other disasters.This sentiment echoed through dozens of pavilions and conference rooms in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday as COP27 turned its attention to the vital issues of adaptation, agriculture and food systems in the context of climate change. “We need to help rural populations build their resilience to extreme weather events and adapt to a changing climate. If not, we only go from one crisis to the next. Small scale farmers work hard to grow food for us in tough conditions,” Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Goodwill Ambassador for the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), said during a press conference. As a Somali woman, Ms. Dhowre Elba said this issue was personal: as COP27 got underway her country had experienced four consecutive failed rainy seasons, a climatic event not seen in 40 years.

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AFRICAN UNION SEEKS ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES ECOWAS SUPPORT

FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS PROTOCOL SIGNED

Responsible Author: Rahma Sophia RACHDI & Jedi Foster | Paris, Washington DC, Zanzibar, 11/11/2022, 00:19 Time

USPA NEWS - An African Union delegation paid a working visit to the ECOWAS Commission, today, November 10, 2022. The delegation led by Rita Amukhobu, the Coordinator of Free Movement Programme of the African Union Commission (AUC) was at the ECOWAS Commission to seek the support of ECOWAS with the implementation of the AU Free Movement Protocol.
Rita Amukhobu, the Coordinator of Free Movement Programme of the African Union Commission (AUC) while addressing the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, solicited ECOWAS’ Support with the signing and ratification of the AU Free Movement Protocol among Member States. ECOWAS she said is a leader in Africa when it comes to Free Movement, as such AU is relying on ECOWAS to support the Continental Integration process regarding Free Movement.

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