News & Events
07/12/2012 - A group of high-level experts led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) gathered for a panel discussion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) on December 5 in Doha to take stock of the existing challenges being faced by transboundary natural resources management within the context of climate change.
Categories: Qatar, Climate Change, Environment
06/12/2012 - On the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18), underway from November 26 to December 7, 2012 in Doha, Qatar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said that African countries should build or reinforce their capacities to use efficiently green climate funds when they become available. The statement was made by AfDB Vice-President Aly Abou-Sabaa at a high-level panel discussion on “Financing Climate Change: Africa’s Access to Convention Funds”. The meeting brought together African government officials, representatives of development institutions and key players in the global climate finance community to discuss the prospects and challenges to Africa’s access to climate finances.
Categories: Qatar, Climate Change, Environment
06/12/2012 - A new report by the African Development Bank, in collaboration with Vivid Economics, makes concrete proposals that will facilitate access by African countries to the Green Climate Fund.
Categories: Qatar, Climate Change, Environment
30/11/2012 - Efforts from the international community and African countries to improve access to climate finance in Africa have yielded significant results in recent year; however the current flows remain insufficient to meet Africa’s actual needs.
Categories: Qatar, Climate Change, Environment, Green Growth Initiative
22/11/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et l'Agence marocaine de l'énergie solaire (MASEN) ont procédé, sous la présence effective du Roi Mohamed VI, le 19 novembre à Rabat, à la signature des accords de prêts et de garanties relatifs au projet de la première phase de la centrale solaire de Ouarzazate. Les accords sont d’un montant de 238,12 millions d’euros, soit un total de 2.7 milliards de dirhams. Ce financement est constitué de 168 millions d’euros provenant des ressources propres de la BAD et d’un prêt concessionnel de 100 millions de dollars du Fonds pour les technologies propres (FTP), dont la BAD est l’agence d’exécution.
Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Environment
19/11/2012 - At meetings of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Istanbul, Burkina Faso and Ghana received endorsement of their far-reaching plans for sustainably managing their forest sectors as part of their goals for climate-resilient economic development. The endorsements came from the Forest Investment Program (FIP), one of the four programs of the US $7.2 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF), with support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other partners including the World Bank Group.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Turkey, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
24/10/2012 - In September, the Governments of Liberia and Tanzania opened their doors to officials of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and its implementing partners, including the AfDB, to begin exploring development of investment plans under the CIF’s Program for Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries (SREP).
Categories: Liberia, Tanzania, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
24/10/2012 - African Development Bank (AfDB) staff joined the Government of Egypt and development partners, including other Climate Investment Funds (CIF) partner development banks, at Egypt’s Zafarana and Gulf of Suez wind farms to learn from the country’s experience in managing wind energy project impact on birds and bats.
Categories: Egypt, Climate Change, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power
24/10/2012 - In September 2012, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved three path-breaking projects for climate resilience funded by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and AfDB for a total of $50.75 million.
Categories: Niger, Mozambique, Climate Change, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
18/10/2012 - 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.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power, Environment
