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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL COOPERATION (DFID Perspective). By Sina Fagbenro -Byron Regional Coordinator, Southwest. BY 2030. 900 million people will not have access to electricity 3 billion people will still cook with traditional fuel
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL COOPERATION (DFID Perspective) By SinaFagbenro-Byron Regional Coordinator, Southwest
BY 2030 • 900 million people will not have access to electricity • 3 billion people will still cook with traditional fuel • More than 30 million people would have died due to smoke related diseases • Many hundreds of millions will be confined to poverty due to lack of energy access • Currently 200 million people are experiencing water stress in Africa
DFID ACTIVITIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA • Improving weather forecasting in Africa • Agriculture and smallholder resilience • Disaster Risk Reduction • Water Resource Management • Urban Resilience
GLOBAL COOPERATION • MDG Target 8 • Collaboration of Regional/National Climate and weather forecasting agencies • Climate science research programme • Climate Change Adaptation in Africa • Nganyi project, West Kenya