By Anthony Aisi

Environment ministers and government representatives from over forty African countries on Friday adopted a set of flagship programmes and decisions that could catalyse a new wave of sustainable development on the continent as they agreed to adopt a common voice and remain fully engaged in the implementation of the Rio+20 outcome document.

At the end of the fourteenth regular session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), the first meeting post Rio+20, the ministers adopted documents covering a raft of areas, from sustainable development in the context of an inclusive green economy to a common stance on climate change negotiations to the strengthening of UNEP.