November 09, 2016
Africa: The African Water Facility Supports Improved Smallholder Farmers Resilience to Climate Change Through Irrigation Upscaling
The African Water Facility (AWF) held a one-day event on November 9, 2016 to launch the Upscaling Smallholder Irrigation (USI) project, which aims to help develop smallholder… Read more »
Africa: Climate Finance Day 2016 - the African Development Bank Supports Green Growth
The second edition of the Climate Finance Day (CFD) was held on Friday, November 4, 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. CFD 2016 was organized by the Casablanca Finance City Authority… Read more »
November 08, 2016
Morocco: Africa Lights the Way to Climate Action As Marrakech Talks Begin
A cross section of delegates holding their solar-lanterns at the opening ceremony Read more »
November 07, 2016
Africa: With a United African Front, the Cop of Action Could Spell Real Action for Africa
The UNFCCC's COP 22, as the COP of Action centered in Africa with Morocco at the helm, is a remarkable opportunity for Africa to rally the international community around its urgent… Read more »
October 24, 2016
Africa: The African Development Bank Group Appoints Amadou Hott As Vice-President
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Amadou Hott as Vice-President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth with effect from 1st November 2016. He… Read more »
October 21, 2016
Africa: AfDB Helps Morocco Prepare for Cop22
Climate experts have been placed at the service of the Moroccan Government by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the preparation and organization of the upcoming 22nd… Read more »
October 18, 2016
Africa: Fostering a Conducive Climate to Support African Countries' Climate Change Commitments
Under the December 2015 global Paris Agreement on climate change, African nations have sent a clear signal of their commitment to achieve climate-resilient and low-carbon… Read more »
October 14, 2016
Africa: World Food Day - Adapting Africa's Agriculture to the Exigencies of Climate Change
This World Food Day, Sunday, October 16, 2016, will mark the 71st anniversary of the creation of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) whose primary objective is to free… Read more »
October 03, 2016
Africa: African Nations Join Front-Runners in Ratifying Paris Agreement On Climate Change
At the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 21, 2016, nine African nations deposited their articles for ratification of the global Paris Agreement on climate… Read more »
September 08, 2016
Mozambique: African Water Facility - Improving Mozambique's Resilience to Climate Change and Reducing Vulnerability to Floods
The African Water Facility (AWF) has granted €1.8 million to Mozambique to finance a development plan and feasibility studies for urban sanitation, drainage and solid waste… Read more »
September 02, 2016
Africa: African Ambassadors Meet in Morocco Ahead of COP 22
The African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission for Africa held an information session on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 in Rabat, in partnership with the COP22 Steering… Read more »
August 23, 2016
Africa: AfDB President Adesina's First Year in Office and a Remarkable Transformation Agenda
During his investiture as the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group on 1st September 2015, Akinwumi Adesina pledged "to help build a new Africa with… Read more »
August 09, 2016
Africa: U.S.$81 Billion Mobilized in 2015 to Tackle Climate Change - Joint MDB Report
Climate finance totalling US $81 billion was mobilized for projects funded by the world's six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2015. This included $25 billion of… Read more »
July 22, 2016
Morocco: Morocco in Line with AfDB's High 5s
The day after his arrival in the Kingdom on his first official visit as president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina attended many high level meetings with… Read more »
July 18, 2016
Africa: AfDB Approves USD 14 Million for Its First Private Sector Direct Investment in Restoration of Degraded Forests Through Sustainable Forest Plantations in Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on July 13, 2016 approved a USD 14 million senior loan through its private sector window to Form Ghana Ltd for… Read more »
June 22, 2016
Cote d'Ivoire: ACCF Grants U.S.$0.8 Million to Enhance Climate Finance Readiness in Côte d'Ivoire and to Make Two Transboundary Projects Climate-Resilient
The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) announced on May 3 the approval of two technical assistance projects totaling US $0,8 million that will strengthen the capacity of Côte… Read more »
April 01, 2016
Southern Africa: AfDB Group Announces Us $549-Million Drought Response Package for Eastern and Southern Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, announced Friday a relief package of US $549 million in support of 14 countries most affected by the ongoing… Read more »
June 01, 2016
Gambia: The Gambia Awarded U.S. $1.5 Million to Undertake a Sweeping Strategic Program for Climate Resilience
With support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), The Gambia has been granted US $1.5 million under the Climate Investment Funds' Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (CIF… Read more »
May 28, 2016
Africa: AfDB Reaffirms Supporting Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Development in Africa
The African Development Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to mobilize resources to help African countries adopt and mitigate climate change. Read more »
May 27, 2016
Africa: African Risk Capacity and AfDB Sign MOU to Enable African Countries to Respond to Extreme Weather Events and Natural Disasters
The African Risk Capacity has taken major steps towards its goal of providing US $2 billion worth of annual climate disaster coverage to Africa's most vulnerable populations. Read more »
May 25, 2016
Africa: AfDB and the African Risk Capacity Agency to Work Together On Response to Extreme Weather Events and Natural Disasters
Climate change is particularly threatening to the future of African agriculture; it has an impact on global food security and the economic livelihoods of hundreds of millions of… Read more »
March 22, 2016
Africa: Half of Africa's Nations Advancing Climate Solutions to Front Burner in National Development Plans - Report
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released Financing Change: the AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa, its 2015 Annual Report for its Climate Investment Funds (CIF)… Read more »
March 29, 2016
Africa: Paris Agreement On Climate Change Places Africa At the Fulcrum of Renewable Energy Deployment, Experts Agree
The Paris Agreement on climate change of December 2015 has placed Africa at the fulcrum of renewable energy deployment, but African countries have to take the responsibility for… Read more »
March 22, 2016
Africa: Half of Africa's Nations Advancing Climate Solutions to Front Burner in National Development Plans - Report
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released Financing Change: the AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa, its 2015 Annual Report for its Climate Investment Funds (CIF)… Read more »
March 09, 2016
Africa: AfDB Receives Green Climate Fund Accreditation to Increase Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Development in Africa
The African Development Bank announced its accreditation on Wednesday, March 9 as a multilateral implementing entity and intermediary to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), further… Read more »
