Climate

A statement from WWF’s Head of Delegation: Tasneem Essop We’re only a day away from the deadline set by the French COP President for the delivery of the final agreement text. Ministers now have to knuckle down and work to ensure that we have a strong outcome in Paris. We are at a crossroads – we […]

WWF issued the following statement from WWF’s head of delegation, Tasneem Essop, in reaction to the issuance of this morning’s draft compilation negotiating text: “Clearly, finding all the solutions to protect the world from the ravages of climate change is going to take hard negotiations and multiple drafts. We’re still early in the process, but […]

Here are some images from Day 2 of the COP 21 conference in Paris.

Madagascar and the West Indian Ocean islands took part in the worldwide March for climate! The march was organized by a coalition of numerous associations and with the ‪#‎COY11‬ – RCOI, and mobilized youth from the Comoros, Seychelles, La Réunion, Mauritius and Madagascar on November 29, 2015. The march’s roadmap  : Stade Mahamasina – Hotel de Ville, […]

The document that lists Madagascar’s commitments to address climate Change, and for COP21 was finalized last September. The document listing these commitments is now available online and was made by the Climate Change Coordination National Office  (BNCCC) within the Ministry of Environment, Ecology, Sea and Forests. As a part of the Thematic Group on Climate […]

What is COP21? It’s the 21st Conference of parties (COP) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This conference will be held in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015, and will bring together global political leaders from 190 countries, including Madagascar. The COP21 is an international conference on climate change […]

The coral reefs in the Marine Protected Area of Nosy Hara, in Northwest Madagascar are among the best preserved reefs in all the Northern Mozambique Channel. Analyses done between 2011 and 2013 to determine the areas vulnerability to climate change have highlighted early signs of the overexploitation of the reefs: poor biomass, abundant juvenile fish,a […]