December 08, 2015
Africa: African Ministers Insist On a Legally Binding Agreement in Paris
African Ministers for the Environment held a high-level meeting at the Africa Pavilion at the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Paris, France. Read more »
December 07, 2015
Africa: EU Set to Boost Post-Cop21 Climate Financing to Developing Countries
Blending projects with climate finance is helping to bring many climate change related projects to life in several regions around the globe, thanks to the dedicated commitment and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Ties Its Agricultural Transformation Agenda to Cop21 Climate Outcome
A high level panel of African agricultural experts has said that the continent's agricultural transformation depends on the successful outcome of the climate negotiation process. Read more »
Africa: Financing Water Is Key to Africa's Transformation, Experts Say
Experts at the ongoing Paris climate conference have underlined the need to prioritise climate finance for water and climate change adaptation in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Daily News, Videos and Footage Related to Africa At Cop21 Accessible to Global and African Media Thanks to AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is posting and disseminating daily coverage of Africa-related COP21 news, including videos and feature stories from events at the African… Read more »
December 05, 2015
Africa: Africa At Cop21 - Three Gives to the Rest of the World, and Three Asks
The term 'glacial pace' - implying millennially slow movement - takes on real and literal meaning with climate change. The disappearance of our glaciers may in fact have hastened… Read more »
Africa: World Bank and AfDB Announces $600 Million in Support for Hydrometeorology in Africa
The World Bank in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Meteorological Organization has announced a US $600 million programme to improve… Read more »
December 04, 2015
Africa: Young African Lawyers Backstopping African Group of Negotiators
A group of past and present members of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) has called on African institutions to start offering courses in climate change to help them deal with… Read more »
Africa: Those Who Pollute More Should Do More to Save Our Planet - AfDB
A famous quote goes: "From those to whom much is given, much is expected." This is the message that the African Development Bank (AfDB) is delivering on behalf of Africa at the… Read more »
Africa: Africa Raises Red Flag On Possible Paris Outcome
Leading members of the African Group of Negotiators and civil society leaders at the ongoing UN climate talks in Paris have expressed their dissatisfaction with the pace of the… Read more »
December 03, 2015
Chad: Lake Chad, a Living Example of the Devastation Climate Change Is Wreaking On Africa
African Governments, especially those of the Lake Chad Basin region, want to secure the future of the precious but dwindling water body. Read more »
Africa: The Great Green Wall Is Helping African Countries to Mitigate Climate Change
Stronger partnerships, sound national policies, more funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation, research, community involvement and sensitization are key to realizing… Read more »
December 02, 2015
Africa: The Africa Pavilion At Cop21 Opens On a High Note - "Africa's Message for This Summit Is Clear"
Africa sent an unequivocal message of solidarity and unity of purpose at the official opening of the Africa Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris on Tuesday. Speaking at the… Read more »
November 25, 2015
Africa: Global Climate Deal Could Transform Africa's Progress, According to African Development Bank
Climate change poses a severe threat to Africa, but it also offers a huge opportunity, according to a new paper from the African Development Bank. The paper, Africa's Climate… Read more »
December 03, 2015
Africa: New Adaptation Support for Global Environment Facility a Welcome Infusion for Africa, Says AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) welcomes the new infusion of US $248 million for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which was… Read more »
Africa: Africa Water Facility Plans for the Next Decade
From November 25 to 27, the Africa Water Facility (AWF) engaged stakeholders in a series of activities to conduct an evaluation of its performance in the last decade and also to… Read more »
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Join Forces to Ramp Up Climate Action in Transport
Eight multilateral development banks today issued a joint statement, committing to accelerate their efforts to mitigate transport emissions and recognizing the need for more action… Read more »
November 30, 2015
Africa: AfDB President and Bank Delegation to Showcase Bank's Climate Change Interventions in Africa At Cop21 in Paris, France
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November 19, 2015
Mali: AfDB Showcases Mali's Community Led Total Sanitation On World Toilet Day
Communal latrines in Konobougou, 150km east of Bamako in the Ségou region of Mali Read more »
Africa: World Toilet Day - AfDB Mobilises Support to End Flying Toilets and Open Defecation
The AfDB is commemorating World Toilet Day, on Thursday, 19 November with the release of encouraging results of a Community Led Total Sanitation program have just been released… Read more »
November 17, 2015
Africa: AfDB Launches Revised Version of Its Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures for 2015
The African Development Bank's existing Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures (approved in 2001) have been revised to reflect the updated information, upgraded processes… Read more »
November 13, 2015
Africa: AfDB President in Paris Ahead of Cop21 Climate Talks, Alongside African Heads of State
At the invitation of French President François Hollande, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina joined African leaders, including Guinea's President Alpha… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: Vulnerability to Climate Change - Investment, Research Needed to Mitigate Shocks
Africa is increasingly facing multiple stresses that will be magnified by climate change leading to a complex set of problems, participants at the ongoing 10th edition of the… Read more »
November 04, 2015
Africa: Smart Measures Required to Weather Commodity Boom-Bust Cycles
Governments in Africa should put into place fiscal rules, sovereign wealth funds and other mechanisms to buffer their economies from the commodities roller-coaster, according to a… Read more »
October 27, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Provides Us $5 Million to Malawi for an Integrated Urban Water and Sanitation Project in Mzimba
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Friday, October 23, 2015 approved an African… Read more »
