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The University of Free Time of Agen (UTLA 47) is organizing a conference, Monday November 4 at 3 p.m. at the Les Montreurs d'Images cinema which will be hosted by Christian Bouquet, on the theme of the challenges of ecological transition in Africa.
Emeritus professor of political geography at Bordeaux-Montaigne University and associate researcher at the LAM-CNRS laboratory at Sciences Po Bordeaux, Christian Bouquet states: “The figures are clear: Africa emits very little greenhouse gas but suffers the most disastrous consequences of climate change. »
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The measures taken on a global scale to combat climate change place the African continent in the same boat as the big polluters: we must decarbonize the economy, preserve forests, protect biodiversity. Major contradictions then appear: should we give up coal and oil when we produce enough to electrify our country? Should we stop clearing forests when we need to feed five times more people than in 1960? Should we increase the number of protected areas at the risk of creating epidemic reservoirs and reducing cultivated areas?
During COP 17 (Durban 2011), the international community created a Green Climate Fund, to be funded to the tune of $100 billion per year, in order to help the poorest countries cope with the effects of climate change. climate change. This commitment has been regularly renewed since, but not completely applied, and difficult to apply for the reasons which will be explained during this conference at the heart of burning news.
