GNDR’s West Africa Development Coordinator, Adessou Kossivi, discusses why Africa will not be bypassed in the COP21 negotiations but will be a strong leader as it continues to fight for its future.

For two days, civil society organizations, members of GNDR and media professionals gathered in Tsevie (35 km far from Lomé, the capital city of Togo) to become better informed about the three main development negotiations in 2015..

Disasters are not waiting for negotiations to conclude before bringing their toll of loss and damage. A day before the Sendai meeting, nature has sent a very precise and clear message to the international community through Cyclone Pam. Unfortunately, this message from Pam seems not being heard by the world or maybe not well understood.