Drought has significant implications for Africa
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Drought, which is very much interrelated with land degradation and desertification, has significant implications for African countries.
These implications include the loss of human lives, food insecurity, water scarcity, degradation of natural resources, negative consequences for the environment’s fauna and flora, poverty, and social unrest.
Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta made these remarks at the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEM), which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week.
The two-day session provided a platform for strengthening Africa’s collective engagement in the global environmental agenda under the theme 'Seizing opportunities and enhancing collaboration to address environmental challenges in Africa'.
Ministers considered a declaration and decisions prepared by senior officials during the expert segment on a number of issues, including preparations for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
They also considered Africa’s participation in the development of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, and preparations for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, among other agenda items.
- Ellanie Smit
These implications include the loss of human lives, food insecurity, water scarcity, degradation of natural resources, negative consequences for the environment’s fauna and flora, poverty, and social unrest.
Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta made these remarks at the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEM), which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week.
The two-day session provided a platform for strengthening Africa’s collective engagement in the global environmental agenda under the theme 'Seizing opportunities and enhancing collaboration to address environmental challenges in Africa'.
Ministers considered a declaration and decisions prepared by senior officials during the expert segment on a number of issues, including preparations for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
They also considered Africa’s participation in the development of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, and preparations for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, among other agenda items.
- Ellanie Smit
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