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GCCA News

July 2014

West Africa Strengthens Voice at Climate Change Negotiations with GCCA Support

A long-standing inter-state committee set up to tackle drought in West Africa’s arid Sahel has, thanks to the support from the EU Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA), strengthened the position of a number of countries from this impoverished semi-arid region when taking part in international climate change negotiations.

Silver Surfers Expand Climate Change Knowledge in the Pacific

They may be grey-haired grandparents, but in the Cook Islands, seniors are proving key to unlocking traditional knowledge that is being used to inform climate change research while they learn up-to-date internet skills.

Results with Minimal Financial Investment in Tanzania

The Chololo Ecovillage project has notched up a number of successes, including delivering reliably good harvests without the investment of large amounts of cash. This European Union funded project is demonstrating that knowledge, not money, is often key to delivering results.

Realising Mali’s Solar Power Potential

With its scattered populations, minimal electrical grid and reliable sun, the West African country of Mali is an ideal candidate for solar power generation, but partners needed some technical assistance from the Global Climate Change Alliance to realise this potential.

Disaster preparedness in the South Pacific: Good practices from the Global Climate Change Alliance

Battery powered radios and text messages relayed by mobile phones are among the most effective ways of warning scattered populations in the South Pacific of an impending climate change-related disaster, according to speakers at a recent event at EuropeAid’s Infopoint in Brussels.

Track Forest Cover Change with New Online Tools

Changes in forest cover and carbon emissions from deforestation can now be calculated thanks to sophisticated new applications that use Earth observation tools to monitor changes in tropical forest cover. These technologies are increasingly available to a broad public on the Internet.

Making Climate Change Cooperation and Coordination a Priority in the ACP

Representatives from Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) programmes across the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) region gathered in Brussels recently for a special GCCA technical meeting to improve exchange of information, synergies, cooperation and coordination on climate change issues between their programmes.

Renewable Energy and Climate Change: Focus on the Pacific

Representatives from across the Pacific region this month met with counterparts from Africa and the Caribbean for an international conference to discuss and share knowledge on the role of renewable energy and its value in tackling climate change.

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