January 26, 2021
Africa: Gobeshona Global Conference - Communities Must Be At the Centre of Climate Adaptation Solutions, Says African Development Bank
The African Development Bank hosted a session on locally led climate adaptation at the Virtual Gobeshona Global Conference on January 21, with a focus on agricultural solutions… Read more »
Africa: New African Development Bank-Gca Initiative Will Galvanize $25 Billion to Scale Up African Climate Adaptation
African Development Bank President Akinwuma A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and… Read more »
January 18, 2021
Africa: Locally Led Action in the Agricultural Value Chain - A Pathway to Climate Adaptation and Resilience
What: Webinar on Locally Led Action in the Agricultural Value Chain: A Pathway to Climate Adaptation and Resilience Read more »
January 12, 2021
Africa: Guterres Calls for $100 Billion in Climate Finance to Support Developing Nations
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Monday joined world leaders to discuss the global transition to clean power as part of a green recovery and identify actions… Read more »
January 11, 2021
Africa: African Development Bank President Adesina Named a Champion of Africa's Great Green Wall Climate-Adaptation Initiative
African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina has been announced as a champion of Africa's Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative. Read more »
January 06, 2021
Africa: African Development Bank Group President to Join Global Leaders At One Planet Summit to Promote Climate Action in Africa
What: The 2021 One Planet Summit in Paris, France: Side event "Great Green Wall Investment Forum" Read more »
November 05, 2020
West Africa: Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in West Africa
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October 31, 2020
South Sudan: African Development Bank Group Approves $440,000 Emergency Relief Assistance for Flood Victims in South Sudan and Sudan
The African Development Bank Group has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 to fund ongoing humanitarian and emergency relief efforts in areas recently hit… Read more »
October 30, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Launches a Training of Trainers Program for Developing Project Proposals to Access Green Climate Fund
Bank builds a pool of 80 climate change experts Read more »
Africa: Workshop Teaches Financial Institutions and SMEs How to Attract Climate Funding
The Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank, in partnership with climate change consultancy Natural Eco Capital, recently organized two virtual… Read more »
September 17, 2020
Africa: Gca Africa Launch - 'Let's Save the Planet's Second Ecological Lung'
The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
September 16, 2020
Africa: Africa's Climate Change Fight Gets a Boost As Global Center On Adaptation Sets Up Regional Home At the African Development Bank
African leaders welcomed the opening of a regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday, voicing hopes it will spur the continent's efforts to combat climate… Read more »
Africa: Global Philanthropy Forum Panelists Call for 'Smarter' Collaboration Among Funders to Meet Ambitious Targets for a Climate-Resilient Africa
Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the severe threat that climate change poses to Africa's… Read more »
September 11, 2020
East Africa: In Eastern Uganda, the African Development Bank Is Helping Provide Climate-Resilient Facilities to 100 000 People
The provision of additional funds for the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP) in Uganda in 2015, has helped improve access to water and sanitation for one hundred thousand… Read more »
August 19, 2020
Zambia: From farmer to business owner - Climate change project bears fruit in Zambia
How much impact can a simple borehole have on a small farming community? From more than doubled incomes to new sources of livelihoods, learn how a project in Zambia is transforming… Read more »
August 06, 2020
Africa: Climate financing by leading multilateral development banks tops $61.6 billion
Climate financing by seven of the world's largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) totalled $61.6 billion in 2019, of which $41.5 billion (67%) was in low- and middle-income… Read more »
July 04, 2020
Madagascar: African Development Bank Provides $2.13 Million for Farmers to Cover Drought-Related Economic Losses
The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company presented a cheque for $2,126,803 to the Republic of Madagascar to cover anticipated livelihood losses for 600,000 vulnerable Malagasy… Read more »
July 09, 2020
Cote d'Ivoire: Weather Data Helps Authorities Respond to Deadly Floods in Abidjan
When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d'Ivoire's economic capital, Abidjan, Read more »
Mozambique: First Flood, Then Drought - Climate-Resilience Project Helps Farmers Thrive in Mozambique
Mozambican farmer Alima Matusse is the head of a household of six and she used to worry that her children would go without nutritious food because her small plot of land was bone… Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: VP Kariuki Explains How AfDB Supports Countries in Face of Climate Change
"Climate business is simply and profoundly good business," Vice President Kevin Kariuki says in an interview leading to the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Read more »
Africa: Scaling Climate Action Through Technology and Innovation By SMEs for Green Investment in Africa
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Africa: VP Kariuki Explains How AfDB Supports Countries in Face of Climate Change
"Climate business is simply and profoundly good business," Vice President Kevin Kariuki says in an interview leading to the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Read more »
July 02, 2020
Mozambique: In Mozambique, Water Project Boosts Yields As Farmers Grapple With Climate Extremes
Felicidade Machava, 60, likes to recount the story about how, one year, she filled a small truck with maize from her harvest. Read more »
June 23, 2020
Africa: Building the Momentum to Enhance Private Sector Participation in Climate Change and Green Investment in Africa
What: Consultation workshop to showcase options for private sector investments in climate change Read more »
April 22, 2020
Africa: Earth Day - 'We Must Not Take Our Eyes Off Climate Change Threats As We Battle COVID-19' - African Development Bank
The African Development Bank joins the global community in celebrating 50 years of Earth Day on the theme "Climate Action", notwithstanding the disruptions by the current COVID-19… Read more »
