A cidade de Marrakech, Reino dos Marrocos, acolhe a oitava Cimeira Afrocities, encontro dos Presidentes dos Municipios de Africa, Autoridades Locais, parceiros continentais e Internacionais. Encontram-se reunidos cerca de 5 mil delegados.
O nosso enviado especial a Marrakech, Milton Maluleque reporta...

A cidade de Marrakech, Reino dos Marrocos, acolhe a oitava Cimeira Afrocities, encontro dos Presidentes dos Municipios de Africa, Autoridades Locais, parceiros continentais e Internacionais. Encontram-se reunidos cerca de 5 mil delegados.<br>O nosso enviado especial a Marrakech, Milton Maluleque reporta...

The Africities Summit is now in its 20 th year taken place every three years since 1998. In 2018 under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI the 8th edition will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco between the 20th and 24th November 2018

The Africities Summit is now in its 20 th year taken place every three years since 1998.

Africities 8th Edition

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The fourth day of the Africities summit saw the Agency for the Environment and Energy Management , ADEME sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with the United Cities Local Government Africa. The agreement is a start of many collaborations to come with local authorities working together towards creating sustainable cities. The eighth edition of the africties summit is taking place in Marrakesh Morocco, North of Africa. Close to five thousand delegates have descended to the city to deliberate on issues facing the continent such as urbanisation, housing, electricity among other things. On Friday the summit will zoom in on urban planning and territorial development. Channel Africa’s Ayanda Mkhwanazi is there..

The fourth day of the Africities summit saw the Agency for the Environment and Energy Management

Last month the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released an alarming report that the world had less than twelve years to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees to avoid a catastrophic environmental breakdown. In the report climate scientists said urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to reach the target, which is affordable and feasible although it lies at the most ambitious end of the Paris agreement pledge to keep temperatures between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, experts in climate change at the Africities Summit said although efforts to fight the effects of climate change were well underway, collaborations should not be excluded. The Africities summit is currently under way in Marrakesh Morroco, North Africa. Channel Africa’s Ayanda Mkhwanazi is there.

Africities Summit encourages climate change collaborations

Gender equality has been fingered as a key component in developing policies that will be beneficial to the empowerment of women. This is according to female speakers attending the Africities Summit in Marrakesh Morocco. Under the theme “the transition towards sustainable cities and territories: the role of local and sub-national governments of Africa, leaders of various governments from around the continent including civil society will deliberate on how to promote a new approach to sustainable development. Channel Africa’s Ayanda Mkhwanazi is there..

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