-- Press Releases October 2010 - Africa Seizes Green Economy Opportunity - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) --

-- Press Releases October 2010 - Africa Seizes Green Economy Opportunity - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) --

UNEP Joins Forces with Africa's Finance, Economic and Development Organizations to Fast Track Low Carbon, Resource Efficient Growth

A major Africa-wide conference highlighting on how the more than 50 nations on the Continent can transit to a low-carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy will take place next year in response to the call by the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). The conference will showcase how smart policy moves and creative investments across sectors, ranging from agriculture and transport to fisheries and forests, can drive green and sustainable growth alongside job creation and livelihood for Africa's one billion citizens.

The conference will be among the first fruits of a partnership on Africa's options for a Green Economy -backed by the African Union; the African Development Bank; the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-which emerged today at the VII African Development Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.