February 26, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Now Supports 27 African Countries to Advance Climate-Smart Initiatives, Report Says
In its 2014 Annual Report Financing Change: AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa released Thursday, February 26, the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that its support to… Read more »
February 12, 2015
Africa: AfDB Awards U.S.$1 Million Emergency Relief Assistance for Drought Victims in Somalia
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire… Read more »
January 22, 2015
Africa: AfDB Climate Change Committee Shares Outcomes of Cop20 and Looks Ahead to Paris Climate Talks
On Wednesday, January 21, the African Development Bank's Climate Change Coordination Committee (CCCC) organized a knowledge sharing seminar at the institution's headquarters in… Read more »
December 15, 2014
Mozambique: AWF Supports Multi-purpose Water Storage Project to Build Climate Resilience in Limpopo River Basin
The African Water Facility announced on December 15 that is has offered a €3.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique to conduct a feasibility study for the development… Read more »
Mozambique: AWF Supports Multi-Purpose Water Storage Project to Build Climate Resilience in Limpopo River Basin
The African Water Facility announced on December 15 that is has offered a €3.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique to conduct a feasibility study for the development… Read more »
Africa: Clim-Dev Africa Providing More and Better Climate Services to Enhance Adaptation to Climate Change
The Climate for Development in Africa (Clim-Dev Africa) programme dinner dialogue was held at the margins of the UN Global Climate Change Conference (COP 20) in Lima, Peru, to… Read more »
December 12, 2014
Africa: Africa Sets Path to the Post-2015 New Climate Agreement Discussed During Africa Day At Cop 20
The Africa Day side event was held during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 20) to deliberate on the forthcoming agreement on climate change to be concluded in Paris during COP… Read more »
December 10, 2014
Africa: Climate Negotiations in Lima - Africa Needs to Speak With One Voice to Defend Its Priorities and Interests
The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) convened a high-level ministerial briefing meeting on the negotiations taking place in the UN Climate Change… Read more »
November 27, 2014
Africa: AfDB to Support Africa's Agenda for the New 2015 Climate Agreement During the Global Climate Talks At Cop 20
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP… Read more »
Africa: Building Resilience to Climate Change - World Bank and AfDB Partner to Improve Hydrological and Meteorological Systems in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have completed a seminar on improving the hydrological and meteorological systems in Africa. Read more »
November 21, 2014
Africa: Low-Income African Countries Get Go-Ahead for Green Energy, Climate Resilience and Forest Management
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings in Washington, DC this week, countries unanimously signaled their commitment to the CIF mandate going… Read more »
November 19, 2014
Somalia: African Water Facility Helps Build Resilience to Climate Change for Millions of Pastoralists in Somalia
The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on Wednesday, November 19 that it has offered a €3-million grant to the Republic of Somalia to support a project designed to build… Read more »
September 30, 2014
Africa: U.S. $ 2 Trillion in Investments Back Green Bonds to Tap Usd 100 Trillion Bond Market for Climate Solutions
Green Bond commitments announcement for next 12 months by issuers, banks and investors Read more »
September 23, 2014
Africa: AfDB Poised to Enhance Access to Additional Climate Finance for African Countries
To meet the full scale of the global climate challenge and seize the opportunities at hand, domestic efforts must be scaled up and simultaneously leveraged through an international… Read more »
September 24, 2014
Africa: AfDB and Sister Institutions Committed to Move Forward On the Sustainable Transport Agenda With Us $175 Bn in Financing
The historic one-day UN Climate Summit opened on September 23 in New York City with 125 heads of state in attendance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama… Read more »
September 19, 2014
Africa: Climate Change - AfDB Continues to Show Strong Leadership in Financing Low Carbon Development in Africa
Six leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided in 2013 about USD 24 billion worldwide in financing for projects in developing and emerging economies that address the… Read more »
September 17, 2014
Africa: Guinea - AfDB Provides $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve Public Finance Management and the Business Climate in Guinea
In Abidjan on September 15, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US $18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Is Providing $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve the Management of Public Finances
In Abidjan on 15 September 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US$ 18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
September 15, 2014
Africa: AfDB With Other MDBs Strongly Committed to Accelerating Action to Address Climate Change
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, September 11, 2014 - The African Development Bank will participate in the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit on September 23, 2014. The Summit will… Read more »
September 12, 2014
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks agree to reinforce climate financing in advance of UN summit
The AfDB is strongly committed to financing climate resilient and low-carbon development in Africa. Read more »
July 07, 2014
Africa: Climate Change Puts Decades of Development At Risk in Africa
Climate change threatens to undo decades of earnest effort to develop Africa unless sufficient investment can be mobilized to spur sustainable development and make the continent… Read more »
July 04, 2014
Africa: Nine Low-income African Countries Win Funding to Transform Renewable Energy Services
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings held June 25-28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, nine African nations were chosen to receive new funding and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Climate Change Fund Launches First Call for Proposals
Grants of US$ 250,000 or more for climate finance readiness activities in African countries Read more »
June 30, 2014
Africa: Africa Shares Its Climate Knowledge At Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum
At the recent Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, held from 23-24 June in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and representatives of other key… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Creates African Pilot Climate Technology and Finance Centre With GEF Support
The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on June 27th the creation and management of a pilot Africa Climate Technology Finance Center and Network (ACTFCN) for a… Read more »
