Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Erasmus Mundus African Chapter representing at the COP17 conference in Durban, South Africa

By Ms. Marli Geldenhuy (the EMA AC Southern Africa Regional Coordinator)

On the 27th of November three of the EMA African Chapter Board members (and three other alumni) arrived in Durban, South Africa to take part in the COP17 Side Event: Emerging Scholars Symposium on Climate Change and Book Launches. The event was organized by the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) and Erasmus Mundus was one of the institutional partners. The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol.