What:

Interview opportunities

Who:

Representatives of the African Development Bank Group

When:

From November 30 to December 12

Where:

At COP28 in Dubai

Africa's climate financing requirements: $2.7 trillion from 2020 to 2030

Adaptation costs: from $249 to $407 billion from 2020 to 2030

Africa's share of global climate finance: only 3%

As Africa's premier development finance institution, the African Development Bank Group will amplify Africa's concerns and priorities at COP28.

The Bank's key areas of focus at COP28 are:

Increasing Climate Finance

Scaling up Adaptation Action

Just Energy Transition

Green infrastructure

Some of our impactful initiatives:

Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa. Securing $10 billion for private sector financing

Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation. De-risking private sector investment across the climate-sensitive agri-food value chains

Desert to Power. Making the Sahel the world's largest solar production zone

Special Drawing Rights for Climate and Development. Mobilizing essential financial resources to address the challenges posed by climate change

Climate Action Window. Supporting climate action in Africa's most vulnerable countries

Representatives of the African Development Bank are available for interviews:

Kevin Kanina Kariuki, VP for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth

Beth Dunford, VP for Agriculture, Human and Social Development

Solomon Quaynor, VP for Private Sector, Infrastructure & Industrialization

Hassatou Diop N'Sele, VP for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Kevin Chika Urama, Chief Economist, VP for Economic Governance & Knowledge Management

Amadou Hott, Special Envoy for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa

The African Development Bank is cohosting the Africa Pavilion (Blue Zone, B6, building 70), where a series of impactful events are taking place. Discover the schedule here.

Media contact: Chawki Chahed, Communication and External Relations Department

[email protected], +971 558 375 761