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How is climate change affecting Africa and Europe, and the relation between the two? Will leaders of both continents agree on what needs to be done to cut emissions by half by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate impacts?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made it clear: keeping temperatures from rising beyond 1.5°C is not an option but a duty if governments want to avoid calamity. Climate change is affecting every country on the globe, albeit differently and at varying degrees.
Africa has been identified as one of the parts of the world most vulnerable to climate change. Adaptation remains a key challenge for most African countries, which are asking for adequate climate finance and for effective implementation of existing instruments and conventions. Europe, which has also been hit by climate-related disasters in the last months, continues putting effort to fight climate change. But much more needs to be done, especially when it comes to ambitious climate financing and climate diplomacy.
Will Africa and Europe be able to work together to fight climate change?
In this dossier, we share our work on climate change and Europe-Africa cooperation. Specifically, we have been looking at climate from various angles, including the UNFCCC negotiations, cooperation on agriculture and sustainable food systems, gender, migration and finance.
Get in touch
Would you like to know more or would you like to partner with us? Get in touch with the coordinator of ECDPM’s work on climate change, Hanne Knaepen. For questions related to climate and its link to African agriculture and food systems, contact Francesco Rampa. For specific questions on climate and the EU budget, please contact Mariella Di Ciommo.
Boosting EU climate finance: Mitigate more without neglecting adaptation in poorer countries
Pamella Ahairwe and San Bilal, ECDPM, December 2019
The complex link between climate change and conflict
ECDPM Great Insights magazine, October 2019
The paradox of climate change: How Africa can step up climate action to lighten its vulnerability
Pamella Ahairwe, ECDPM blog, 14 October 2019
Finance to adapt: Making climate funding work for agriculture at the local level
Bethany Tietjen, Francesco Rampa and Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM paper, September 2019
Transforming food systems to combat climate change
Koen Dekeyser, Paulina Bizzotto Molina, Cecilia D’Alessandro and Bethany Tietjen, ECDPM blog, 15 August 2019
Sustainable water management
Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM video, 14 May 2019
A generational divide in the fight against climate change
Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM blog, 4 March 2019
Preserving ecosystems in Africa: Reflections from COP24
Romy Chevallier, ECDPM blog, 17 December 2018
Small changes, big world: An inspiration for Europe and middle-income countries fighting climate change ahead of COP24
Mariella Di Ciommo and Sanne Thijssen, ECDPM blog, 26 November 2018
The ice is broken, what’s next? How the EU and middle-income countries work together on climate change
Mariella Di Ciommo, with Sanne Thijssen and Meritxell Sayós Monràs. ECDPM paper, September 2018
Photo by United Nations Photo via Flickr.
Stuck in the middle: Agriculture and climate change at COP22
Francesco Rampa, ECDPM blog, 23 November 2016
Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris agreement: One year on
Annabelle Laferrère, ECDPM blog, 17 November 2016
The Paris Agreement and African agriculture
Estherine Fotabong, ECDPM Great Insights article, May 2016
7 ways to make climate-smart agriculture central to COP21 and beyond
Hanne Knaepen, Devex article, 30 November 2015
COP21: A historic, but still fragile milestone for climate change
Alisa Herrero Cangas and Hanne Knaepen, 18 December 2015
The road to #COP21 and beyond
Fabien Tondel, Hanne Knaepen and Rhys Williams, ECDPM infographic
Hanne Knaepen featured in BBC Worldwide on Africa’s position at the COP21
Hanne Knaepen in BBC Worldwide, November 2016
A Europe-Africa marriage in Paris?
Hanne Knaepen in the Government Gazette, 24 March 2016
Climate change: The European Union towards COP21 and beyond
European Think Tanks Group, 26 November 2015
Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR): The Challenge of Rejuvenating an Old-School Principle Ahead of the 2015 Climate Negotiations
Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM blog, 21 March 2014
Photo by Thinkstock.
Finance to adapt: Making climate funding work for agriculture at the local level
Bethany Tietjen, Francesco Rampa and Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM paper, September 2019
Transforming food systems to combat climate change
Koen Dekeyser, Paulina Bizzotto Molina, Cecilia D’Alessandro and Bethany Tietjen, ECDPM blog, 15 August 2019
Sustainable Agrifood Systems Strategies (SASS)
Consortium project on sustainable and climate-resilient food systems by ECDPM & Italian universities.
Options and opportunities to make food value chains more environmentally sustainable and resilient in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hanne Knaepen, Francesco Rampa, Carmen Torres and Paulina Bizzotto Molina, study for UNDP-GEF, August 2017
Sustainable food systems
ECDPM Great Insights magazine, September 2017
Stuck in the middle: Agriculture and climate change at COP22
Francesco Rampa, ECDPM blog, 23 November 2016
Working with partners to upscale sustainable agriculture
Herbert Lust, ECDPM Great Insights magazine, October 2016
Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture: A renewed research and dialogue agenda is needed
Francesco Rampa, ECDPM blog, June 2016
The Paris Agreement and African agriculture
Estherine Fotabong, ECDPM Great Insights article, May 2016
7 ways to make climate-smart agriculture central to COP21 and beyond
Hanne Knaepen, Devex article, 30 November 2015
Making agriculture in Africa “climate-smart”
Hanne Knaepen and Tanit Parada-Tur, ECDPM infographic, 6 November 2015
Making agriculture in Africa “climate-smart”
Hanne Knaepen and Tanit-Parada-Tur, ECDPM video, 27 November 2015
Making agriculture in Africa climate-smart: From continental policies to local practices
Hanne Knaepen, Carmen Torres and Francesco Rampa, 5 November 2015
The future of African farming? Regionally integrated, climate-smart, public-private and properly-financed
Francesco Rampa, ECDPM blog, 19 June 2015
How to secure food under the climate change pressure
Hanne Knaepen, article in Devex, 30 November 2015
Photo by Thinkstock.
The paradox of climate change: How Africa can step up climate action to lighten its vulnerability
Pamella Ahairwe, ECDPM blog, 14 October 2019
The ice is broken, what’s next? How the EU and middle-income countries work together on climate change
Mariella Di Ciommo, with Sanne Thijssen and Meritxell Sayós Monràs. ECDPM paper, September 2018
EU contributions to take warming below 2°C
Artur Runge-Metzger, ECDPM Great Insights article, May 2016
From Lima to Paris: 5 promising pathways for a joint EU-Africa position on climate change
Hanne Knaepen, Devex article, 23 December 2016
A Europe-Africa marriage in Paris?
Hanne Knaepen in the Government Gazette, 24 March 2016
Climate change: The European Union towards COP21 and beyond
European Think Tanks Group, 26 November 2015
Africa and Europe combatting climate change: Towards a common agenda in 2015
Fabien Tonde, Hanne Knaepen and Lesley-Anne van Wyk, ECDPM discussion paper, May 2015
Hanne Knaepen featured in BBC Worldwide on Africa’s position at the COP21
Hanne Knaepen in BBC Worldwide
How does Africa speak with one voice? Africa’s evolving positions on aid effectiveness, climate change and the post-2015 goals
Rebecca Ramsamy, Anna Knoll, Hanne Knaepen and Lesley-Anne van Wyk, ECDPM briefing note, 4 December 2014
Africa and Europe combatting climate change – Towards a common agenda for 2015
Hanne Knaepen, Rhys Williams and Clem Silverman, ECDPM video, December 2014
Not the climate hero that the EU and the world needs to win the battle against climate change
Alisa Herrero Cangas, ECDPM blog, 3 October 2014
EU cannot afford climate change ‘oblivion’
Alisa Herrero Cangas and Hanne Knaepen, Devex, 23 September 2014
Our Collective Interest: Why Europe’s problems need global solutions and global problems need European action
European Think Tanks Group, 1 September 2014
Run-up to 2015: A moment of truth for EU external climate action?
Alisa Herrero Cangas and Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM briefing note, September 2014
Photo by Marcos Villalta / Save the Children via Flickr – DFID.
Gender equality essential to confront climate change impacts
Sven Harmeling and Emma Bowa, ECDPM Great Insights article, May 2017
Making climate-smart also people-smart
Leisa Perch, ECDPM Great Insights article, 9 March 2015
Photo by Asian Development Bank via Flickr.
The complex link between climate change and conflict
ECDPM Great Insights magazine, October 2019
Linking responses to climate change and conflict
Janani Vivekananda, ECDPM Great Insights article, May 2016
The nexus between food and nutrition security, and migration: Clarifying the debate and charting a way forward
Anna Knoll, Francesco Rampa, Carmen Torres, Paulina Bizzotto Molina and Noemi Cascone, ECDPM discussion paper, May 2017
Photo by Thinkstock.
Working with partners to upscale sustainable agriculture
Herbert Lust, ECDPM Great Insights magazine, October 2016
Climate finance in developing countries – Reconciling the different views
Walter Kennes, ECDPM briefing note, December 2015
What you need to know about European climate finance
Alisa Herrero Cangas in Devex, 11 December 2015
The catalytic role of the EU on private sector investments: The case of climate financing
Hanne Knaepen, ECDPM Great Insights article, 13 March 2014
From climate commitments to action
ECDPM, ECDPM Great Insights magazine, May 2016
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Hanne KnaepenPolicy Officer Sustainable Food Systems | Economic and Agricultural Transformation Programme |
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Francesco RampaHead of Programme Sustainable Food Systems | Economic and Agricultural Transformation Programme |
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Paulina Bizzotto MolinaPolicy Officer Sustainable Food Systems | Economic and Agricultural Transformation Programme |
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Mariella Di CiommoPolicy Officer European External Affairs Programme |