Africa maps way to COP 19

To that end, African environment ministers and experts have gathered in Gaborone for a two-day conference to agree on the continents' position on issues of climate change.

Speaking at the opening of the conference yesterday, the Director and Regional Representative for Africa at the United Nations Environment Programme, Mounkaila Goumandakoye, said the meeting was coming at a time when the world was grappling with many challenges, among them climate change, rural poverty, food insecurity, malnutrition and environmental degradation.