April 28, 2025
Africa: Ahead of COP30, Africa Champions New Approach to Measuring Green Wealth of Countries and Incentivizing Climate Action
African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent's green wealth, emphasizing that current gross domestic product measures in most African countries are… Read more »
April 16, 2025
Africa: Annual Meetings 2025 / The Taat Programme - The Bold Wager On Agricultural Innovation to Feed Africa and Tackle Climate Change
Launched in 2018, TAAT aims to reinforce one of the Bank's strategic "High 5" priorities: "Feed Africa." Seven years after its inception, the programme has demonstrated the power… Read more »
April 14, 2025
Africa: Sixth Africa Climate Talks Conclude With Unified Demand for Climate Justice and Finance Reforms
African governments, international organizations and other development partners closed the Sixth Africa Climate Talks (ACT) in Kampala, Uganda, with a forceful call for COP30 to… Read more »
April 05, 2025
Chad: Chad Integrates Gender and Climate Change Into School Curricula
Chad is set to release a new handbook that integrates gender equality and climate change into its national school curricula. This development follows a key validation workshop held… Read more »
April 04, 2025
Africa: Africa Climate Talks - African Development Bank, Partners Join Forces to Shape Climate Agenda Ahead of COP30
What: 6th Africa Climate Talks Read more »
Mozambique: African Development Bank and Mozambique Launch Drone-Based Initiative to Strengthen Country's Disaster Preparedness
The African Development Bank, the government of Mozambique, and Korea's government agency Busan Technopark have launched an innovative drone-driven initiative to strengthen… Read more »
March 18, 2025
Africa: Africa's Green Growth Agenda - Unlocking Opportunities for a Climate-Resilient Future
The African Development Bank Group participated in the third edition of the Africa's Green Economy Summit (AGES) in Cape Town, South Africa, from 18 - 21 February, 2025. Read more »
March 05, 2025
Africa: Ensuring a Just Transition - African Development Bank Calls for Inclusive Climate Action At FICS 2025
The Just Transition was central to discussions during the just concluded Finance in Common Summit 2025. At the core of the concept is ensuring that Africa's shift to a greener… Read more »
March 12, 2025
Southern Africa: Transforming the Zambezi River Basin Region - a Bold Vision for Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience
In February 2025, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved funding to support the Zambezi Region Nature, People, and Climate (NPC) Investment Plan, a significant milestone for… Read more »
March 01, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Reiterates Commitment to Bold Action On Energy and Climate Finance At 2025 Finance in Common Summit
Energy access and sustainable finance took center stage at the 2025 Finance in Common Summit, where two roundtable discussions addressed critical financing gaps and highlighted… Read more »
February 19, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Leads Delegation to Japan for Urban Development and Climate Study
A delegation including ministers and representatives of seven African governments and an African Development Bank Group team have concluded a fact-finding mission to Japan to learn… Read more »
February 21, 2025
South Africa: African Development Bank and Global Public Development Banks to Convene in Cape Town to Advance Climate Resilience
WHAT: Finance in Common Summit 2025 Read more »
February 10, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank's Climate Action Window Channels $31m to Boost Climate Resilience in Four Countries
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved over $31 million in funding under its African Climate Action Window (CAW) to strengthen climate resilience… Read more »
January 29, 2025
Africa: Africa Delivers the First Mechanism for International Cooperation On Climate Change Adaptation Under the Paris Agreement
The African Development Bank's Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM), piloted across Africa since 2019, has become the first non-market approach registered on the United Nations… Read more »
December 18, 2024
Africa: COP29 in Baku Highlights Just Transition As Cornerstone of Equitable Climate Action and Sustainable Development
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) spotlighted just transition principles, highlighting the critical importance of equitable climate action and sustainable development. Two… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Invests $10 Million to Supercharge Climate Tech Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Development Bank has announced a $10 million investment from its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) into the Persistent Africa Climate Venture Builder Fund (ACV… Read more »
December 13, 2024
Africa: African Development Bank to Make $30 Million Equity Investment in Africa Finance Corporation to Catalyse Climate Action
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $30 million equity investment in Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) for the rollout of innovative "green shares"… Read more »
December 11, 2024
Africa: Unccd COP16 - Mobilizing Global Action for the African Great Green Wall Initiative
The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) hosted a high-level event to mobilize political support and scale up… Read more »
November 27, 2024
Africa: African Development Bank At the Unccd COP16 in Riyadh - Driving Africa's Land Restoration and Drought Resilience Agenda
What: Sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Read more »
November 21, 2024
Africa: Benin Unveils Ambitious Climate Action Framework At COP29 to Drive Green Transition and Sustainable Development
The Government of Benin, in collaboration with international financial institutions and development partners, has launched (on 15 November) an ambitious climate action framework to… Read more »
Africa: COP29 - Circular Economy Investments Deliver Social, Economic and Environmental
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) presented their first joint report on the circular economy: "The… Read more »
November 22, 2024
Africa: Bank's Ten-Year Strategy (2024-2033) Hailed As Essential Tool for Combating Climate Change and Protecting Biodiversity
The World Bank Group, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and other stakeholders have hailed the African Development Bank's Ten-Year Strategy (2024-2033), adopted last May, as an… Read more »
November 19, 2024
Africa: Transformative Climate Finance for Africa - Mobilizing New Partnerships and Ambitions At COP29 in Baku
The African Development Bank, alongside key partners, held a high-level dialogue on innovative climate finance solutions for Africa on the sidelines of COP29, the United Nations… Read more »
November 18, 2024
Africa: African Leaders Welcome Launch of African Development Bank's Technical Assistance Facility to Unlock Climate Finance for Vulnerable Regions
In a major step to address Africa's climate finance gap, the African Development Bank Group has launched a new funding call that will transform the development of climate projects… Read more »
November 15, 2024
Africa: COP29 - African Leaders Urge Rapid Increase in Climate Finance for Adaptation and Green Growth
"We hope to move from millions and billions (of dollars) to the thousands of billions of dollars Africa clearly needs for climate action. The success of this COP, described as the… Read more »
