October 18, 2012
Africa: AfDB's 'Cif in Action' Highlights Work Behind Us $977-Million Investment in Africa's Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Development
The African Development Bank's "CIF in Action" is a semi-annual report on the Bank's activities in implementing the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Africa. Read more »
September 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB to Promote Inclusive and Green Growth At the 4th Koafec Ministerial Conference
The Korea Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Ministerial Conference will take place from October 15 to 18, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. Since the first meeting in Seoul in 2006,… Read more »
September 26, 2012
Africa: Sierra Leone and the AfDB Join Forces to Promote a Green National Agenda for Prosperity
African Development Bank (AfDB) staff from the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC3) and the Sierra Leone Field Office (SLFO) undertook a mission from September… Read more »
Africa: African Water Facility Supports the Construction of Multi-Purpose Dams in Zambia to Build Resilience to Climate Change, Increase Food Security
The African Development Bank approved on August 29, an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of €950,000 to support a project to help the Government of Zambia develop, test and… Read more »
September 18, 2012
Africa: AfDB Discusses Elephant Poaching At World Conservation Congress in South Korea
Natural resources and environmental representatives from the African Development Bank attended the 2012 World Conservation Congress, the largest and most important conservation… Read more »
Africa: New Methodology On Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Approved By UN Climate Change Board
In its 69th meeting held in Bangkok, September 9-13, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)… Read more »
September 06, 2012
Africa: Private Sector Operations Team Supports Green Growth During Agribusiness and Forestry Conferences in Ghana
Representatives from the Industries and Services division of AfDB's Private Sector Operations Department (OPSM.2) participated in the Rubber Plant & Palm Oil Africa conference… Read more »
September 03, 2012
Africa: Supported By AfDB, Niger's Water Mobilization Project Receives Approval for U.S.$22 Million
Backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Niger has received approval from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for US $22 million to support its Water Resources Mobilization… Read more »
September 04, 2012
Africa: Bank Training to Expand Investments in Climate Change Adaptation Via Global Environment Facility
In an effort to expand financing opportunities for climate change adaptation, the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Heralds Mozambique's Road Map to Green Economy
The President of the Republic of Mozambique, H.E. Armando Emilio Guebuza, officially launched the country's Green Economy Roadmap on June 21 during a high level side event at the… Read more »
August 27, 2012
Africa: AfDB Co-Authors Inclusive Green Growth Policy Toolkit for G20 Meeting
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the World Bank, the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), prepared a policy… Read more »
Africa: SEFA Approves First Grant for Conceptualization of Green Tech Financial Facility
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African… Read more »
August 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB Publication Examines Aid Effectiveness in Delivery of Water
Water and sanitation have long been considered a basic human development need. More recently, with the launch of the UN Decade for Water and Sanitation in the 1990s, followed by… Read more »
August 13, 2012
Africa: AWF and NEPAD to Boost Economic Development in the Songwe River Basin
The African Water Facility (AWF), in collaboration with New Partnership for Africa's Development - Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), hosted a meeting… Read more »
August 09, 2012
Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Droughts
An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya's Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit… Read more »
August 02, 2012
Africa: Water Engineers Sponsored By AWF Graduate From 2IE Institute
A delegation representing AWF took part in the graduation ceremony of students of the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE). Read more »
July 17, 2012
Africa: Afdb's Usd 33m Harar Water and Sanitation Project Comes On Stream
The Harar Water Supply and Sanitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of 33 USD million, was inaugurated in the historic Ethiopian town on 8… Read more »
July 11, 2012
Africa: AfDB Delegation Takes Part in First Workshop On Long-Term Finance On Climate Change
The first workshop on long-term finance related to climate change in a series initiated at the COP 17 conference in Durban in 2011 took place in Bonn, Germany, from 9 to 11 July… Read more »
July 05, 2012
Africa: Enhancing Implementation of Environmental and Social Management Plans in the Agriculture
The Bank, through the natural resources and environment management, and the compliance and safeguard divisions, is holding two regional workshops in Dakar, Senegal (July 5-6, 2012)… Read more »
June 22, 2012
Africa: Africa Day At Rio+20 - Continent Has Progressed but Faces New Challenges
African leaders and senior representatives of Africa's leading institutions assessed progress on sustainable development in Africa on 19 June, dubbed "Africa Day" at the United… Read more »
Africa: World Needs Nature-Based Solutions to Ecosystem Harm
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Italian government hosted an event at the UN Conference… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Commits Annual U.S.$ 1 Billion to Energy Sector in Africa At Rio+20
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will commit USD 1 billion a year to the energy sector, said the institution's president, Donald Kaberuka, on 21 June at the UN Conference on… Read more »
June 21, 2012
Africa: AfDB and WWF Rally Leaders to Invest in Africa's Natural Capital
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have released a joint report on the state of environment in Africa, and are calling world leaders to… Read more »
Africa: Africa has Great Expectations from Rio+20, says afDB President
The outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro, is centrally important for the future of Africa, said the… Read more »
Africa: Promoting Inclusive Green Growth
In the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the Africa @ Rio+20 organized a High Level panel discussion on "Promoting Inclusive Green Growth and… Read more »
