Experts meet to discuss sustainable tourism in Southern Africa
A cross section of experts and policymakers attending the ongoing Doha climate talks has agreed that substantial investments in climate services for Africa’s development would serve the interests of users and stakeholders beyond the continent. Speaking at a dinner dialogue organized by partners of the Climate for Development (ClimDev-Africa) at the Doha Hilton Hotel last evening, discussants took turns on the podium to say “not enough” to the question: Are we investing ‘enough’ in climate services for Africa’s development? Dr. Elena Manaenkova, Deputy Secretary-General of the World Metrological Organization went further to affirm that “investing in climate services in Africa would in fact, serve the rest of the world because information generated in Africa would be used by everyone else on the planet”, according to the Information and Communication Service of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The Commissioner stressed the central role that climate information plays in policy formulation and in the daily lives of ordinary citizens “who are the ultimate beneficiaries of those services because they are often the hardest hit by extreme weather events.”
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2012-02
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| Online Access: | https://repository.uneca.org/handle/10855/32090 |
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