AFRICAN STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIVE FORUM FOR UNFCC & RIO+20 ON THE SIDELINES OF SPECIAL UNEP GC/GMEF
On the 19th of February, 2012, the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) held a 3 hour consultative forum on the sidelines of the 12th Special UNEP Governing Council, GMEF. Taking into consideration that COP 17 did NOT offer concrete pathways to solve the climate change crisis, PACJA raised an appeal to the delegates to the Governing Council to effectively strategize on means of engaging each other on a common platform to discuss issues as the climate change and seek mutual understanding on the green economy so that the world may meet the expectations of sustainable development. PACJA pointed out that RIO+20 will not fix the global financial and climate change crisis but the GC will provide and avenue that global leaders, civil society and development partners to utilize and find distinct roles for all in the countdown to RIO+20 to discuss the issues of sustainable development and COP 18 later in the year. As we mark the 20 years since the landmark of the United Nations Conventi