Report of the Africa Regional Environment Information Network Meeting (AEIN) 12th – 14th March 2018, Cairo, Egypt.

Overall objective of the SAG programme is to support the 6 countries to achieve sustainable development as a transition towards an inclusive green economy, based on sustainable consumption and production patterns, while generating growth, creating decent jobs and reducing poverty. Focused on four priority sectors and a set of cross cutting issues identified based on the needs and priorities of national stakeholders in the six countries during the inception phase of the project.

The mission of the meeting was to realise the potential of Africa’s agricultural production, manufacturing, service provision and trade for the benefit of the poor and to support additional decent employment and income generation for farmers, entrepreneurs and laborers alike

The increasing world wide awareness and concern about the environmental impacts of fossil fuels coupled with the oil price shocks of the early 1970s,
1980s, 2007/8, and likely future price hikes, have lent enormous weight to a switch to renewable energy sources.