African Development Forum builds consensus on sustainable growth

Hundreds of stakeholders from across the continent gathered here recently for the Seventh African Development Forum, or ADF VII, to discuss the forum’s theme, ‘Acting on Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa.’

Although Africa contributes less than 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, it remains highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The poorest and most excluded segments of society are arguably those with the lowest capacity to respond to those impacts – which exacerbate inequalities in health and education, and in access to adequate food, safe water and other resources.