Copenhagen
Climate change is not a crisis of developing countries' making, yet the impacts of global warming will disproportionately hit the world's poorest people.
In December 2009 policy makers met in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate a global climate deal. These negotiations focussed on reaching consensus on how to respond to climate change worldwide.
Briefing Centre
-
Climate financing and Development - Friends or foes?
There are clear overlaps but also important differences between the objectives and activities classified under Official Development Assistance (ODA) and financial flows to help developing countries address climate change (i.e. climate finance). The extent to which ODA is diverted from traditional development activities towards mitigating and adapting to climate change in developing countries has important implications. Such implications include how countries are able to reduce poverty and achieve economic growth through development but also how countries are able to cope with a changing climate. More
News & Analysis from the ONE BLOG
Africa speaks with one voice in Durban
Thursday 8th of December was Africa Day at the COP17 climate negotiations in Durban. This high level event was the culmination of daily conferences on Africa’s development and sustainable growth. Leaders came together to show to the world the opportunity that exists for energy development in Africa.The continent ... More
0 comments
Seizing the opportunities in Durban to tackle energy poverty in Africa
A shocking 500 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to electricity. This ‘energy poverty’ drags down healthcare and educational opportunities, as well as stunting overall economic growth on the continent. In addition, most people rely on coal, peat or wood for cooking, which is often unsustainably sourced ... More
0 comments
Innovative farming to feed 11
Emile Jean lives in Tsiandriona Nord, a small village belonging to the rural community of Itampolo in the south of Madagascar. He is 54 years old and lives with his wife and eleven kids - six boys and five girls - in a house with three rooms. Emile Jean is part of ... More
0 comments
Innovation in Ghana: building resilience to climate change
Anabig Ayaab is a 50 year old farmer from Tariganga, Garu-Tempane District, in the dry Savannah Zone of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Also a wife and mother of seven, Anabig has been struggling with how shifting weather patterns have been affecting her ability to feed her family and ... More
0 comments
Green Growth Now: An African Perspective
Edith Jibunoh is in Lisbon this week attending the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Lisbon.The AfDB is the premier finance development institution in Africa, building a track record for responsiveness to Africa's development challenges, especially in infrastructure, as well as support in traditional social sector ... More
1 comments
UK review says more should be done to prevent humanitarian disasters
Today Lord Paddy Ashdown released his Emergency Humanitarian Response Review. The review, commissioned by UK international development secretary Andrew Mitchell, looks at the UK’s response to humanitarian disasters and ways to ensure value for money and impact on the ground.Lord Ashdown states that the UK can be proud ... More
0 comments
Current Hot Topics
Related Press Releases
-
Without ‘additionality’ of climate funds, Copenhagen adds up to nothing
An agreement of $10bn a year in fast track financing for the next three years and $100bn a year by 2020 for poor countries to cope with climate change must come over and above existing aid promises, Africa advocacy group ONE said today. Currently these sums will largely be subtracted from promised resources to help these same countries fight poverty. More