AfricaAdapt 2011

AfricaAdapt Climate Change Symposium 2011


IPC-IG researcher participates in Climate Change Symposium 2011


Addis Ababa, 10 march 2011 – Reconciling participation and benefits-sharing – Policy Implications for how Africa adapts to climate change will be one of the themes presented at the AfricaAdapt Climate Change Symposium 2011, to be held between 9-11 March 2011 in Ethiopia. IPC-IG‘s researcher and coordinator of the Rural and Sustainable Development team, Ms. Leisa Perch, was invited to discuss how participation and benefit-sharing could be included into climate change policy frameworks, as she proposes, “through a critical review of the existing normative and operational frameworks as well as select policy instruments, the extent and reach of current efforts are broadly analyzed”.


More on the event:
Over 120 researchers, civil society actors, donors, government officials and NGOs are gathering in Addis Ababa to share and learn at this 3-day event. The five themes for the symposium are:

IPC-IG researcher, Ms. Leisa Perch (third from left), presents paper on Climate Change implications

• National and international policy: Linking policy and practice;

• Links between adaptation, mitigation and low carbon, or “climate compatible” development;

• New thinking on community-led responses: From local to global

• The roles of media and intermediaries in translating, sharing, and advocating

• Roles of local and indigenous knowledge in addressing climate change

• Special panels on gender and youth; agriculture; Ethiopia; and food security

Also available are audio, video and photos of the symposium.

For the symposium programme, please click here (in French).


To see the final list of participants, click here.


To download Leisa Perch’s presentation Reconciling participation and benefit-sharing: Policy implications for how Africa adapts to climate change, click here.


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