36 countries sub Saharan Africa Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/36-countries-sub-saharan-africa/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 36 countries sub Saharan Africa Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/36-countries-sub-saharan-africa/ 32 32 COP22 concentrates on fighting climate change for Africa https://jjcornish.com/2016/11/cop22-concentrates-fighting-climate-change-africa/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/11/cop22-concentrates-fighting-climate-change-africa/ The climate change summit underway in Morocco won’t have the pizazz of gatherings in Durban and Paris that produced the international agreement limiting global warming to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels. It’s challenge will be to make the promises made at  previous summits a reality. It’s common cause that of the poor countries most […]

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The climate change summit underway in Morocco won’t have the pizazz of gatherings in Durban and Paris that produced the international agreement limiting global warming to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels.

It’s challenge will be to make the promises made at  previous summits a reality.

It’s common cause that of the poor countries most hardest his by climate change, 36 are in sub Saharan Africa.

700 million Africans don’t have light or access to electricity

Abdeladim Lhafi COP 22 commissioner believes Marrakesh offers an opportunity to deal with this.

“All countries must together with countries of the South to complete projects that will ensure the security of all Africa,” he says

The summit lasts for ten days.

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