Environment, population and urbanization cluster: report to the 11th session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM-Africa)
This report outlines the activities of the African cluster on environment, population and urbanization issues over the past year. It reports on the progress made under the Programme of Action for implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), which intends to reduce disaster risk in Africa and link with climate change adaptation, and on the adoption of the Extended Programme of Action for the implementation of the African Regional Strategy on DRR (2006–2015) adopted at the 2nd Ministerial meeting of DRR in Nairobi, in April 2010.
The overall report addresses the opportunities and challenges of population dynamics, rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, pollution and climate change to achieve Sustainable Development in Africa.