Agriculture Gets Attention at COP22 With AAA Initiative
Author: Chuka Uroko | Published: November 15, 2016
For the first time in the 22 years of Conference of Parties (COP) session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), agriculture is being given attention during climate discussions at the ongoing COP22 conference in Marrakech, Morocco.
This will be made possible by the Adaptation of African Agriculture (AAA) to Climate Change initiative adopted in September this year by a coalition of 27 African countries who gave their backing and commitment to placing this initiative at the heart of COP22 negotiations.
Pitched as a major challenge for the COP22, agriculture is for the first time in the history of the COP brought to the forefront of climate discussions.