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September 2011

No 7

Editorial

Content
AMARC ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
l WORLD FOOD DAY 2011: Amarc celebrate on october 16 2011
the world food day
l The 16 Days Campaign Against Violence on Women 2011:
Putting an End to State Violence
AMARC AFRICA NETWORKS NEWS
l ZACRAS Statement on GovernmentS procurement
of community Radio Broadcasting equipment
l Democratic Republic of Congo: The Federation des Radios
de proximit du Congo (FRPC)
l Ghana: Two-part Forum integrating Climate Change with the Right to
Communicate through Community Radio
MEDIA AND RADIO NEWS
l Mauretania: liberalization of the broadcasting?
l Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) Conference Adopts Declaration
on Gender and Media

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Global Events
l Durban Conference on Climate change:

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Useful Links

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Published by AMARC Africa

Publishers:
Oumar SECK NDIAYE (President AMARC Afric)
Franklin HUIZES (Vice President)
Karamoko BAMBA (Treasurer)
Marcelo SOLERVICENS (Secretary General AMARC internationa)
Alymana BATHILY (Coordonnateur AMARC Afrique alymanab@yahoo.fr)

AMARC
Africa
Quaterly
Bulletin

A call for contributions to your Newsletter

e want to build this publication into a source
of reference on community radio in Africa
and establish it as a link between community stations and networks throughout the Continent
and between those and the rest of the world.
Your contribution as community media stakeholders is indispensable to achieve this objective.
This is why, on behalf of the editorial team, I wish to
request your regular contributions to our quarterly
editions.
You could notably:
Announce the creation of a community media
Announce the launch of an important project or
initiative involving your community radio, media or
network: a new partnership, a broadcasting project, a disaster etc.
Report on important events involving or concerning community radio/media: training or advocacy
sessions, national or international conferences or
seminars, elections coverage, national campaigns, participation in international events etc.
Report threats or aggressions against community radio/media and journalists.
Inform on developments on the media laws and
regulations as they affect community radio/ media
in your or another country.
Interview community radio/media activists, practionners, scholars and other stakeholders.
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media and community radio stakeholders in Africa.
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regarding notably the viability of the station/network, the participation of the community in the station/network and the use of ICTs;
Send your contributions along with photos by email
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Editor: Alymana BATHILY

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AMARC Activities & Events

he World Association of Community

Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) is
pleased to announce that it was admitted to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
as an observer organization. AMARC will
have the opportunity to attend various sessions of the UNFCCC assemblies. AMARC
may also organize side events and exhibitions.
The participation of AMARC as an NGO will
begin at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, at
the end of this year, as well as at the
Rio+20 in Brazil, in June 2012, where it can
demonstrate the important role of community radio in the prevention, support and as
an educator during natural disasters and in
the context of climate change and contribute to:
Uphold the right of everyone to receive
clear and timely information on environmental issues, and on development plans
that may affect us, or in which we have an
interest.
Adopt the climate change agenda so that
communities we work with in different parts
of the world have quality information that
enables them to take more effective action
and to demand that those in power adopt
policies to mitigate the causes of climate
change.
Strengthen the standards of environmental reporting and build the capacity of environmental communicators at local and
community level.
Support civil society at local, regional and
global levels, and promote the participation
of all individuals and organizations in decision making that affects their lives and
livelihoods.
Protect and exercise the right to freedom
of opinion, expression, association and dissent to rethink new, more just, more equitable and more sustainable models of
development
Strengthen local communities capacity to
take care of their environment
Adopt best practices in our own activities
with respect to environmental management
and promote a carbon neutral community
media sector
We call on governments, international and
multilateral organizations to promote the
existence and development of community
media that serve those populations most
excluded from development and those
most affected by the consequences of climate change; to establish mechanisms

and adequate economic investment for

local community media to realize their full
potential in order to build informed soci-

eties that are conscious of the need to

implement local actions to mitigate the
global phenomenon of climate change.

WORLD FOOD DAY 2011

Amarc celebrate on october 16 2011 world food day
The 2011 day theme
Food prices: from crisis to stability
etween 2005 and
2008, the worlds staple food prices soared to their highest levels
in 30 years. During the
last 18 months of that
period, maize price
increased by 74 percent
while that of rice almost
tripled, climbing a whole
166 percent.
Food riots broke out in
more than 20 countries.
Editorialists decreed the
end of cheap food. But
then, after peaking in
June 2008, prices slumped again falling 33 percent in six months largely as a vast financial and
banking crisis threw the
global economy into
recession.
The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights of 1948
first recognized the right
to food as a human right.
It was then incorporated
in the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights
(Article 11) adopted in
1966 and ratified by 156
states, which are today
legally bound by its provisions. The expert interpretation
and
more
refined definition of this right are contained in General Comment 12 of the Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1999). The Voluntary Guidelines to Support the
Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food
Security the Right to Food Guidelines were adopted by the FAO Council in 2004 and
provide practical recommendations on concrete steps for the implementation of the right to
food.
http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=World_Food_Day

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The 16 Days Campaign Against Violence on Women 2011: Putting an End to State Violence
rom November 25 to December 10th,
the Womens International Network of
the World Association of Community
Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-WIN) will

actively participate in the 16 days of

activism against gender violence with an
Internet campaign to Denounce Gender
violence in the media and transform media

into a catalyst to end violence against

women. The audio documents and other
information will be available on
www.amarc.org/16days

The 16 days campaign starts on November

25th with the International Day for the
Elimination of Violence Against Women; it
continues on November 29th with the
International Womens Human Rights
Defenders Day; followed by December 1:
World AIDS Day; December 6: Commemoration day of the Montreal (Canada)
Massacre in 1989 and ended with the commemoration of sixty years of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights on December

10th for the International Human rights Day.

Community radio producers from AsiaPacific, Middle East, Africa, Europe, North
America and Latin America and the
Caribbean will dedicat these 16 days campaign to highlight the effort of women and
men working to put an end to gender violence. The audio files of some of the participating community radios and production
groups in the 16 Days AMARC-WIN will be
available at www.amarc.org/16jours . The

programs featured will include documentaries, interviews, debates, poetry, music

and much more. This multilingual broadcast
campaign mobilizes community radios
around a global issue and encourages
them to use new communication technologies such as the Internet to extend the
reach of their voices.
http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=16_Days_
Against_Violence_on_Women

AMARC Africa Networks News

ZACRAS Statement on Governments procurement of community Radio Broadcasting equipment
he Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations welcomes governments procurement of community
radio broadcasting equipment.
According to the Chronicle of 3 September
2011, Transmedia Corporation Chief
Executive Officer, Mrs Florence SiguduMatambo, indicated that the equipment
which comprises of transmitters, antennae
and general hardware has been delivered.
However, the Zimbabwe Association of
Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) is
baffled by the Transmedia Corporation
CEOs statement that installation of the
transmitters and antennae will commence
after the Broadcasting Authority of
Zimbabwe (BAZ), is finished with the licensing process. This can be likened to the
Zimbabwe National Roads Agency (Zinara)
stating that it will not construct any roads
until the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has
registered cars.
Transmedia is a commercial state owned
company providing signal distribution services for broadcasters in Zimbabwe
Installation of community radio equipment
should not be dependent upon BAZs
licensing of community radios. Transmedia
and BAZ are two separate entities, with the
former being mandated with making certain
that requisite broadcasting infrastructure is
available, and the latter ensuring that interested broadcasting players are licensed.
In the past, the Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity,
George Charamba has indicated that the
broadcasting infrastructure in the country
creates no room for new broadcasting
entries. Therefore, it is ZACRAS conviction
that the acquisition of broadcasting equip-

ment will put to rest the excuse of poor

infrastructure as the reason for the nonlicensing of alternative broadcasting
players.
Since 2003, ZACRAS has been representing the interests of community radio
initiatives in Zimbabwe. Presently, the
Association has a membership of
eleven community radio stations which
have proper structures and the support
of the communities where they are
based. Two of the Associations members, Radio Dialogue in Bulawayo and
CORAH in Harare, are equipped with
broadcasting equipment which will enable
them to start broadcasting once they are
granted licenses.
ZACRAS therefore urges the President of
Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirayi, the Minister of
Media, Information and Publicity, Webster
Shamhu , and the Committee on Standing
Rules and Orders to expedite the process
of appointing a properly constituted BAZ.
This will result in the calling for applications
and subsequent licensing of community
radio stations in a credible and transparent
manner.
The regulatory authority should however
ensure that real community radios with a
clear mandate of advancing community
developmental issues are licensed. The
ZACRAS Harare Declaration of 2011
defines community radio as being for, by
and about the community, whose ownership and management is representative of
the community, and pursues a social development agenda, and is non-profit making.
Therefore, community radios must not be
hijacked as propaganda machinery for self-

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serving individuals and organisations at the

expense of communities need to articulate
their issues. To this end, it is ZACRAS view
that the decentralization of the state controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) radio stations which churn out
party propaganda at the exclusion of alternative voices should not be mistaken for
community radios.
The Association maintains its position that
the licensing of community radios is consistent with the democratization and development of Zimbabwe. It is ZACRAS firm conviction that it is only when communities
have access to information and can freely
express themselves that they are able to
participate in governance issues from an
informed point.
Vivienne MARARA
Advocacy and Information Officer
Zimbabwe Association of Community
Radio Stations (ZACRAS)
ZACRAS, Suite 703,7th Floor Pioneer Hse, Cnr
8th Ave/Fife St, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel:+263 9 77986/77988, Fax: +263 9 77987,
Cell: +263 712 636 682/91 2 982 134

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Election of a new President of the High Commission on broadcasting
y a press release dated on September
27, 2011, from Kinshsha rejoices
over the election of Mr Abbot JeanBosco BAHALA as President of the Conseil
Suprieur de lAudiovisuel et de la
Communication (CSAC) (High Commission
of broadcasting ).
The press release presents the Fdration
des Radios de Proximit du Congo as a
network of more than 230 community
radios, and Mr Abbot Jean-Bosco BAHALA, as a member of the FPRC . In indicated that FPRC believes strongly in Mr
Abbot Jean-Bosco BAHALAs professional-

ism and his ability to face successfully to

the many challenges confronting the broadcasting and communication sector in the
DRC . The Fdration des Radios de proximit du Congo (FRPC) believes strongly
that both the President and the elected
board of the regulatory body has the
capacity to work for the unity of the sector in
the best interests of all its stakeholders. It is
high time to restore order, professionalism
and responsibility for the sector to reclaim
its past image. The community radios wish
the President and the Board a successful
tenure and assure them of their total sup-

port and collaboration in their task ahead

which is particularly difficult considering the
context of our country
Rigobert MALALAKO
Executive Secretary, FRPC
CONTACT :
Tl : 243.815003234, 243.998949240
E mail : federationradio_rdc@yahoo.fr
rigomalko@yahoo.fr - Siege : Av. Bonga
n61/72 Q.Matonge Kinshasa/ Kalamu.
www.frpcmedias.net

Ghana: Two-part Forum integrating Climate Change with the Right to Communicate through Community Radio
Community Radio Network (GCRN) held a Forum on Thursday, 25 August 2011 in Accra on the overall theme: Pursuing the
to Communicate through Community Radio: Community Voice for Participatory Development and Climate Change Adaptation.
TheRightGhana

Even children came to give testimony at the Climate Change part of the forum. (To the right, holding the mikes:
AMARC Africa Board Member Kofi Larweh.)
ne forum featured a two-part programme. The first part of the forum presented the methodology and findings
of Climate Airwaves, a joint pilot project on
Climate Change Adaptation of GCRN and
IDS (Institute of Development Studies,
Sussex, UK). The pilot project, which was
implemented by three GCRN-member
Community Radio stations along the lower
Volta, applied systemic action research
combined with participatory broadcasts to
enable vulnerable communities to articulate
the critical challenges to their ability to
adapt to Climate Change. The project was
supported by the multi-country Radio
Convergence and Development in Africa
programme of the International Development Research Centre of Canada.
Representatives of communities in which
the research had taken place came from
their rural areas to participate in the forum.
Speaking in their respective local languages, translated for the benefit of other
forum, they gave testimony to the difference
that community radio has made to their
lives. Climate change specialists at the
forum lauded the project for placing vulnerable communites first in the process of
Climate Change Adaptation and for provid-

ing a good, and rare, example of how communities can feed into Climate Change policy. The experience of the project informed
the GCRN-IDS submission to the National
Climate Change Policy Framework
(NCCPF).
The second part of the forum presented the
experience of the project on The Right to
Communicate through Community Radio
which was facilitated by GCRN and national and District CSO partners with the support of the United Nations Democracy Fund
(UNDEF). Community Radio initiatives facilitated under the project went through an
inclusive, participatory process that
emphasized the responsible, dialogic use
of the airwaves before submitting their
applications for Community Radio frequencies. Prior to the forum, 11 of these
Community Radio initiatives, located in rural
areas in the Ashanti, Northern, Upper East
and Western Regions, submitted a joint
petition to NCA (National Communications
Authority) to expedite the award of their frequencies.
The petition specifically asked NCA to present their frequency approval letters at the
forum. The Community Radio initiatives
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make a decision on frequencies within 60

days of the submission of an application but
which had quietly been expunged from the
amended law. NCA did not respond positively to the petition and, in fact, did not
even show up at the forum. This drew
strong reactions from forum attendees,
including those who did not belong to
GCRN. Participants who attended both
parts of the forum could not hep but ask:
Why, if all this good work is going on, are
Community Radio initiatives being denied
frequencies?
It must have been one of these participants
who passed on the information to Article 19.
Without GCRNs foreknowledge, a story
titled Ghana: Stop denying broadcasting
licences to community radios appeared in
the organizations newsletter of 08
September 2001. In the story Article 19
specifically stated that the NCAs practices
under the current legislation are clearly in
breach of international law. The advocacy
continues for Community Radio frequencies and for transparency and equity as a
whole in the allocation of the airwaves.

September 2011

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Media and Radio News

Mauretania: liberalization of the broadcasting?
n Tuesday August 23, 2011, M.Hamdy Ould Mahjoub,
Mauretanea Communications Minister, has provided the
Regulatory Commission (the High Authority on Press and
Broadcasting : Haute autorit de Presse et dAudiovisuel HAPA-)
with the specifications for the licencing of 5 private radios and televisions.
He indicated also that the present state controlled radios and televisions will be turned into public service corporations. He informed
at the same time of the creation of an independent television to provide services for both the public service television and the private
ones.
The Mauritanian Communications Minister announced that this was
the end of the State monopoly information in place since 1960 and
that his announce was signaling a qualitative leapfrog and an
essential element in the democratic evolution of Mauretanea.
The law on the liberalization of the broadcast media had been

enacted by a large majority vote of the National Assembly back on

July 2, 2010.
Community media : next step
Hamdy Ould Mahjoub indicated that the next step of the liberalization of the broadcast media will concern the community sector.
HAPA- for High Authority on Press and Broadcasting, the regulatory body will issue a call for licence applications. the government
will not intervene in the license granting process . It will only sign
the licenses granting frequencies to applicants selected by the
licensing and regulatory authority .
The Mauretanean Communications Minister indicated also that the
linguistic diversity of the country will be one of the specifications that
applicants for community radio and television licenses will have to
abide by.
Source:
www.rfi.fr

Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) Conference Adopts Declaration on Gender and Media
ne All-African Conference on Gender
and Media organised by the
Federation of African Journalists
(FAJ) has concluded today in Kigali,
Rwanda, after three days of debate. The
following is the text of the Declaration
adopted by the conference:
We, the participants to the All-African
Conference on Gender and Media gathered in Kigali from 26-28 August 2011,
on the theme Empowering African
Women Journalists: Stepping up to the
Challenge of Gender Equality:
Conscious of the huge challenges facing the African region in its quest to
enhance gender equality in the media
institutions, unions, associations and the
society at large;
Underscoring that African women journalists continue to occupy lower graded
levels in the media industry, where they
face marginalisation, discrimination,
exploitation, harassment and abuse;
Noting the challenges and constraints of
women journalists in Africa;
Considering the barriers to women journalists active participation in activities of
journalists organizations;
Cognizant of the difficulties facing
women journalists in attaining leadership
positions, equal treatment and remuneration in the work place;
Concerned about gender discriminatory
practices prevalent in the media, male
domination of journalists organizations
and low understanding of gender issues
among journalists;
Taking into account the concerns, challenges and recommendations that
emanated from the gender surveys conducted by the IFJ, the FAJ and the affiliates in the five sub regions of the African
Continent;
Considering the guidelines and standards of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) and the International
Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in the
workplace;
Noting the gender policies and programmes of the African Union (AU) and

the UN Women;
Recognising the contribution that
women journalists make to development
in Africa,
Considering that the conference has
adopted a comprehensive regional gender sensitive policy framework which
mainstreams gender into the structures,
programmes and processes of the FAJ
that would serve as a guiding tool to the
unions and associations in the interest of
gender equality and equity as well as
improve the chances for fair, balanced
and ethical reporting that will in turn positively impact the quality and quantity of
reporting from a gender perspective.
Reaffirming the policies and programmes of the FAJ, the International
Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and their
affiliates around the fundamental and
inalienable rights of people for a just and
equal society;
Hereby resolve:
1. To call on FAJ to encourage its affiliates
to promote better representation of
women at all levels by setting some mechanisms such as quota system and others;
2. To ensure the establishment and building of gender structures and employment of gender coordinators in all affiliates
and regional associations;
3. To campaign for women to take up
strategic leadership positions;
4. To embark on a review of the statutes,
constitutions and collective bargaining
agreements of its membership with a
view to mainstreaming gender equality
into the operations of the unions and
associations as well as promoting gender
concerns, in particular issues that are
specific to women in the workplace in
order for the unions to be able to genuinely advance the interests of women
journalists;
5. To engage the media employers and
editors, especially in countries in conflict,
so that they provide their employees - irrespective of their gender- with a conducive
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safety and security;

6. To develop a systematic mentoring and
training programmes to address the specific needs and aspirations of young
women journalists;
7. To advocate for gender education in the
curriculum of the journalism schools and
other training institutions;
8. To campaign side-by-side other relevant gender advocacy groups to eliminate
gender inequality and violence against
women in the media industry of Africa and
the broader African society as well as
unemployment, poor and unsafe working
conditions of female and male journalists;
9. To uphold the norms and standards of
employment of the ILO and ITUC on gender mainstreaming;
10. To make journalists trade unions and
associations affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists and the
Federation of African Journalists democratically accountable and responsive to
the needs of both female and male membership;
11. To urge the IFJ, FAJ and their affiliated
organizations to commit and mobilize
more resources to finance women structures and all other gender equality work in
Africa;
12. To establish a continental Commission/Council for Gender Equality (CGE) to
advance, promote and protect gender
equality within the journalists movement
and the media industry in Africa;
13. To commit to build monitoring and
evaluation systems of the gender policies
and programmes in order to assess
progress;
14. To allocate resources through gender
budgeting in order to address gender
objectives more effectively.
Adopted in Kigali, Rwanda
28 August 2011
Source :
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
www.ifj.org

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Global Events
Durban Conference on Climate change:
frica will have to present a strong position at the United Nations
climate change conference later this year to ensure the continent will receive the financing to mitigate and adapt to climate
change. Africa contributes only four percent of global greenhouse
gasses but it is the continent most vulnerable to climate changes
adverse effects.

During the Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 17th U.N. Framework Convention on

Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu will
lead the negotiations on behalf of the African Group of Negotiators
on Climate Change (AGN). Mpanu-Mpanu is also director of the
Clean Development Mechanism Designated National Authority of
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

What demands will Africa make in its

Common Position?
Africa wants an outcome based on science that is fair and honours the promises all countries have made in the U.N.
Climate Convention and its Kyoto
Protocol. We need to agree to global
reductions for 2050 that limit warming to
well below the predicted 1.5 degrees
Celsius in Africa. We need to close the
mitigation gap by ensuring developed
countries take on fair and appropriate
contributions. Their current weak
pledges, along with accounting loopholes, would result in them doing very little or nothing to curb climate change
before 2020.
With 54 countries, the AGN is one of the
largest negotiating blocs. Is it difficult to
agree on a common position?
Obviously. We have 54 different national
interests and development levels that
make it challenging to come to a common position. But we understand the
importance of reaching middle ground.
We need critical mass that cannot be
ignored. We need to go beyond national
interests. Speaking with one voice will
give us leverage.
How do you ensure the COP process does not
become an expensive talkfest, as some
critics believe?
No group has been more critical about
the tendency for talk without action
than the African group. For any process
to remain relevant it must produce. The
big issue - cutting emissions remains
elusive.
We have, for instance, been discussing
the same greenhouse gas reduction targets since 2005. What we are now looking for is a simple commitment to action
by our negotiating partners. It is not a
question of horse-trading. There are
some things we cannot compromise on if
we are to protect our people.
With COP17, the Kyoto Protocols first commitment period will come to an end. What
are the chances of developed nations recommitting?
Some wealthy countries are delaying the
Kyoto negotiations. Three countries
Japan, Canada and Russia have
expressed reluctance to honour their
promises. The United States repudiated
its commitments a number of years ago.
But the world cannot be held hostage by
a handful of countries. Africa will not
serve as the burial ground of the only
legally binding treaty requiring those

M.Tosi
Mpanu-Mpanu

most responsible for causing climate

change to reduce their climate pollution.
How will you manage the potential financing
gap after 2012?
Finance is one of the key issues for
Durban. We expect the polluters, and not
the poor in Africa, to pay. If Africa is to
take on new actions (commitments), we
need to ensure we are getting new and
additional finance. There is no commitment for 2013, and the pledge of developing nations to pay 100 billion dollars a
year from 2020, while an important start,
bears no relation to the level of need as
identified by major institutions including
the U.N. and World Bank. Durban must
deliver an agreement on finance.
Some developed nations demand to include
emerging economies like China, India, Brazil
and South Africa in legally binding emissions
reduction targets. Do you agree?
The U.N. climate convention is very clear
about this. Historical responsibility lies
with developed nations. The demand by
developed countries that all major
economies, including some developing
countries, take on binding commitments
departs from the 2007 Bali Roadmap. If
we depart from promises made as
recently as 2007, how can we trust what
comes next? Africa is more than willing to
play ball, but only if the other side does
not keep moving the goalposts.

on the technology mechanism, adaptation framework, standing committee on

climate finance, forum on response
measures and other institutional arrangements. Egypt, DRC, Burkina Faso, Gabon
and Zambia have submitted a proposal
for the new Green Climate Fund. We see
these as essential building blocks to
strengthen the climate architecture. But
they need to be complemented by
progress on the key issue for curbing climate change: cutting emissions.
Will carbon markets be the way to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions?
Right now, the prospect of carbon markets is bleak. The U.N. Environment
Programme says we must achieve 12
gigatonnes (Gt) of global reductions by
2020. Developing countries have
pledged 5Gt, if supported with finance.
This would leave 7Gt for the developed
countries.But they have, unfortunately,
pledged less than 4Gt, and have around
4Gt available in so-called loopholes.
They are offering nothing. If they (do not
have to effectively reduce emissions) by
2020, then why would they need to purchase carbon credits from Africa or elsewhere?
Interview by Kristin PALITZA
M Tosi MPANU-MPANU
who will lead the COP17 negotiations
on behalf of the African Group
of Negotiators.

Are the projects planned during last years

Cancun Agreements on track?
The Africa Group has written proposals

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Source:
Inter Press Service IPS
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Useful Links
AMARC
www.amarc.org/index.world_food_day_2011
www.amarc.org/index.16_days_against_violence
World Food Day
www.fao.org/getinvolved/fr
Against Violence on Women
www.un.org/french/womenwathc
DR Congo Community Radio Network
www.frpcmedias.net
Radio France Internationale
www.rfi.fr
Zimbabwe Association of Community Radios
www.zacras.co.zw
International Federation of Journalists
www.fij.org
Inter Press Service (IPS)
www.ipsinternational.org/fr
UN Conference on Climate Change
www.un.org/fr/climatechange