Responding to Africa's changing climate

Longer periods of drought, changing rainfall patterns, decreased river flow, higher temperatures and lower soil moisture content: water is at the heart of the impacts of climate change. Yet the precious commodity scarcely features in climate discussions.

Wetlands International Africa urges our leaders, governments, civil society organizations and financial institutions to integrate wetlands into their climate change interventions.  The value of wetlands in sustainable climate adaptation and mitigation processes must continue to be emphasized by the Global conventions, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands amongst others.