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This event report documents a session titled "Colliding climate and conflict risks: building resilience from an integrated approach in fragile and most vulnerable places," held during a GRP/FAO side event preceding the UN Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, on 18 March 2019. The session focused on identifying local actions in Africa to combat food insecurity and conflict risks, analyzing the barriers to their implementation, and discussing strategies to scale these initiatives to national and global levels.

This draft report details a two-day parliamentary colloquium held on 21 and 22 August 2018 by the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs of the Republic of South Africa. The event examined the ethical, conservation, and reputational impacts of captive lion breeding (CLB) for hunting and the lion bone trade, featuring testimony from government departments, industry bodies, and conservation NGOs.

This report documents the proceedings of the 'APRM+10' conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 17-18 May 2013. The event brought together over 120 stakeholders, including civil society organisations (CSOs), academics, and government officials, to reflect on the first decade of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and project its future. The conference focused on the role of CSOs in monitoring governance, the implementation of National Programmes of Action (NPoAs), the management of diversity (youth, gender, and minorities), and the integration of the APRM into the emerging African Governance Architecture (AGA).