February 08, 2019
Africa: Climate Investment Funds Holds Its Ten-Year Anniversary Summit At the World's Largest Solar Plant in Morocco
The Climate Investment Funds' "The Power of 10: Shaping the Future of Climate Action" event took place on 28-29 January, 2019 in Ouarzazate, Morocco at the Noor concentrated solar… Read more »
January 28, 2019
Africa: Cif@10 - Celebrating 10 Years of Climate Action
The year 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), one of the largest funds in the world for climate-smart investments, across more than 300 projects… Read more »
January 10, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves Investment in Climate Investor One's Construction Equity Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a USD 32.5 million equity investment in Climate Investor One's (CIO) Construction Equity Fund (CEF), a… Read more »
December 26, 2018
Africa: Building Partnerships to Deliver Africa's Paris Agreement Commitments
African countries made ambitious commitments to respond to climate change in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - a set of commitments necessqry for determining… Read more »
Africa: Six of 20 Most Vulnerable Countries Are African
With more than 20,000 participants from over 190 countries, COP24 commenced in the hope that countries will create a rulebook that will turn the Paris climate agreement into… Read more »
December 21, 2018
Africa: Powering Small Developing Island States With 100 Percent Renewable Energy
At the 24th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP24), in Katowice, Poland, the global community fleshed out the rules to govern the Paris Agreement. Rules… Read more »
December 20, 2018
Africa: Supporting Transboundary Actions to Address Climate Change
Approximately 64% of the African Continent is found within a transboundary river or lake basin, or sits on a transboundary aquifer, containing 805 freshwater resources. As climate… Read more »
December 18, 2018
Africa: Curtain Falls On Cop24 in Poland
The curtain has fallen on COP24, this year's global climate summit held in Katowice, Poland. However, negotiations continued throughout the weekend to reach agreement on specific… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Not Be Short-Changed By Climate Finance, Says Expert Panel At Cop24
Climate change presents a US$3 trillion investment opportunity in Africa by 2030 - and the private sector will be key to green investment and development, Barbara Buchner, one of… Read more »
Mozambique: Tackling Flooding Through Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Smart agriculture in Mozambique allows farmers to produce in any season Read more »
December 17, 2018
Africa: Private Sector Is the Key to Africa's Green Economic Transformation
The private sector is key to mobilising green investment and sustainable development in Africa. Climate change presents a US$3 trillion investment opportunity in Africa by 2030.… Read more »
Africa: Green Enterprises Are the Future to a Climate-Resilient Africa
Prof Mwauia Shadda, Chair, Sudanese Environment Conservation Society Read more »
December 14, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Places Water and Sanitation On Africa's Climate Agenda
The rise in global temperature poses severe risks to water and sanitation. This includes African countries like Sudan and Niger, who grapple with extreme weather events in the… Read more »
December 11, 2018
Africa: Climate Change Resilience - The Need for Synergy in African Initiatives
For most African countries, agriculture is a key sector: it employs over 60% of the working population of the continent and contributes 16,2% to Africa's GDP. Agriculture is also… Read more »
Africa: Regional Hubs to Aid Countries in Achieving NDCs
One week into the United Nations climate negotiations at COP24, the importance of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in implementing the Paris Agreement is receiving… Read more »
December 10, 2018
Africa: Risk Management - Weather Services and Insurance to Counter Natural Disasters in Africa
In Africa, where many countries are exposed to risks of climate-change induced natural disaster, it is imperative to create integrated joint risk management strategies. This is… Read more »
Africa: Cop24 - From Policy to Action: Integrating Gender Into National Climate Actions in Africa
"Women's voice is critical, from local to the national, in planning and implementation. We must ensure women are given the skills tools and finance to address the climate change… Read more »
December 11, 2018
Africa: Technology's Crucial Role in Managing African Climate Shocks
The role of technology and climate information in helping Africa mitigate and adapt to climate change now and in the future cannot be underestimated. From creating more sustainable… Read more »
December 07, 2018
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks - Turning the Paris Agreement Into Reality
Financial support is a critical element when it comes to achieving the world's climate goals, such as keeping the raise in temperature to well below 2 degrees. For many developing… Read more »
December 05, 2018
Africa: Cop24 - "If Climate Change Gets Any Worse, We're Simply Going to Disappear!", 12-Year Old Mounir Mbogo Warns
At just 12 years of age, Mounir Mbogo wades into the climate discourse and has sounded the alarm on climate impacts to humanity's survival. Read more »
December 06, 2018
Africa: A New Climate Action - Digital Decarbonization of the African Continent
The African continent is one of the regions most impacted by the effects of climate change, and least capable to deal with them. The Global South in general, and Africa in… Read more »
December 03, 2018
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks (Mdbs) Announced a Joint Framework for Aligning Their Activities With the Goals of the Paris Agreement
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) today announced a joint framework for aligning their activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement, reinforcing their commitment to combat… Read more »
December 04, 2018
Africa: Training Young African Journalists On Climate Issues
This week in Poland, more than 20,000 delegates from 196 countries are participating in COP24, considered to be the most important climate conference, held this year in Katowice,… Read more »
December 03, 2018
Africa: Paris Agreement Takes Center Stage As Climate Negotiations - Cop24 - Open in Poland
The core business of climate negotiations officially opened today, Monday 3 December, in the heart of the Silesia region of southern Poland. At the Katowice Conference Centre, more… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Joins 'Moving for Climate Now' Initiative At Cop24
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Deputy Executive Secretary, Ovais Sarmad, welcomes the cyclists from Moving for Climate NOW initiative. C.Arthur Wyns Read more »
