EU-Africa Project: Opinion
Ein heißes Projekt - wenn Afrika dabei ist
"Desertec" soll Europa mit Solarstrom aus Afrika versorgen. Ein Fortschritt im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel ist das Projekt nur, wenn auch die Entwicklungsländer einbezogen werden.
Desertec: Ein heißes Projekt - nur für den Norden?
dw-world.de
Symbolbild Gastkolumne vom Deutschen Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
"Desertec" soll Europa mit Solarstrom aus Afrika versorgen. Eine Chance im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel ist das Projekt nur, wenn auch Entwicklungsländer einbezogen werden, meinen Romy Chevalier und Matthias Ruchser.
Mbeki Forges New Ties with Europe
Johannesburg — South Africa, the only African state to date to have signed a "strategic partnership agreement" with the European Union, is holding a summit with the EU today in Bordeaux, France.
France Promotes New Relationship With Continent
allAfrica.com
After a brief stop in Chad last week, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France went on to visit a country not traditionally part of the French area of influence in Africa - South Africa. The trip was made against the backdrop of a complete overhaul of France's Africa policies, in which Sarkozy is proclaiming partnerships with equal nations instead of relations based on old colonial ties. Romy Chevallier of the South African Institute of International Affairs explains the background.
Effective regional governance is an essential step in achieving African unity
Cape Times
Reality is a hard taskmaster. It can be the spoiler of grand ideals, but also the voice of reason. Within two weeks of each other, the European Union and the African Union held their mid-year summits: the former hoped to save some elements of its stalled constitutional process; the latter envisaged the edifice of continental government. The outcomes of both were compromises ... as is the habit of summits.
Bridging the gaps in world trade systems
Business Day
THE recent meetings of the Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers in Essen, Germany, and of legislators from the Group of Eight (G-8) in Washington, were pivotal not only because of their shared focus on climate change but because of which states were invited to participate. Alongside the traditional members were representatives of the five big emergent countries - China, India, Brazil, Mexico and SA. This process of restructuring reveals the increasingly apparent legitimacy and efficiency gap in the institutional set-up, a deficiency that radiates out from the G-7 and G-8 summit arrangements to the international financial institutions, the World Trade Organisation and beyond. Tackling the most pressing global issues requires buy-in not only from the key industrialised countries, but also from developing ones with clout in their regions.
Africa and the Economics of Clean
Business Day
AS THE world’s poorest, most agriculturally dependent continent, Africa is the most vulnerable region to global climate change. It is estimated that Africa’s gross domestic product could decline up to 10% because of the effects of this phenomenon. Yet, the World Economic Forum on Africa and recent discussion on Africa’s economic outlook for this year made minimal mention of climate change and its economic ramifications for African countries. This is cause for concern, given that climate change is one of the most significant sustainable-development challenges facing the world, with huge implications for all economic enterprises.
Revival Can Only Benefit Africa
Business Day
WHO wins in the German election this week may not matter in the short term to Africa. How the new government tackles unemployment and a faltering economy may, however, affect Germany’s developmental and economic engagement with Africa in the medium term.
EU Entry a Lesson for AU’s Peer Review
Business Day
WHILE there was great anticipation about the results for Africa at the Gleneagles summit, perhaps the release of Ghana and Rwanda’s African peer review reports will prove more significant. If the deficiencies highlighted are addressed, this will hold greater promise for African accession to the global economy.
