News & Events
07/03/2013 - The 4th Session of the Steering Committee Meeting of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative opened in Tunis, Tunisia, on Wednesday, March 6 with a strong commitment from partners to do whatever it takes to ensure that the program contributes effectively towards the fight against climate change impacts on Africa.
Categories: Climate Change, Environment, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative
- From: 06/03/2013
- To: 07/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting the fourth meeting of the Board of Program Directors of the Climate for Development in Africa Initiative (Clim-Dev) on March 6 and 7 in Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Climate Change, Environment, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative
19/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) have, under the Climate for Development in Africa Program, undertaken a vibrant campaign for financial resources mobilization aimed at making viable the Special ClimDev-Africa Fund, a joint AU-AfDB-ECA initiative, administered by the African Development Bank. In accordance with AfDB procedures, UA 20 million (about US $30 million) were required to make this Fund operational.
Categories: Belgium, Climate Change, Environment, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative
15/06/2012 - The Swedish government has pledged to commit €7.5 million to a special fund of the Climate for Development in Africa Program (ClimDev-Africa) established to pool resources and finance demand-driven projects in Africa that intend to generate and disseminate climate information to all levels of society. This pledge and other expressions of interest and intent to partner with ClimDev-Africa in delivering objectives came during a high level roundtable hosted by ClimDev-Africa on 25 April 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Categories: Sweden, Climate Change, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative
28/03/2012 - Aquatic plant proliferation is an environmental scourge. These weeds invade waterways and irrigation channels, impeding their economic operation. Fishermen have suffered rising costs, and farmers have to spend more time cleaning their irrigation canals, resulting in lost production and productivity.
Categories: Benin, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Climate Change, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment
- Date: 25/04/2012
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
In an effort to raise awareness and funds, the Climate for Development in African Programme (ClimDev-Africa) is holding a high level roundtable on 16 April 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. The event will focus on mobilizing resources for the ClimDev-Africa Special Fund established to pool resources and finance demand-driven projects in Africa that aim to generate and disseminate climate information at all levels.
Categories: Sweden, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Environment
01/11/2011 - Between 17 and19 October 2011, the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev Africa) Programme—a joint initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa—held its first annual stakeholder forum on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-I). The conference theme, “Development First: Addressing Climate Change in Africa,” reflected the need for integrating development and climate policies and emphasized the importance of African ownership of policy formulation and the decision-making process.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Climate Change, Environment
15/10/2010 - La Coalition pour le dialogue sur l’Afrique (CoDA) a apporté jeudi à Addis-Abeba, où se tient le 7 ème Forum pour le développement de l’Afrique (ADF, en anglais), sa contribution à la mobilisation du continent pour relever les défis du changement climatique. Dans le cadre de cette contribution, le président du Conseil d’administration de CoDA, Festus Mogae, ancien chef de l’Etat du Botswana, a présidé une journée d’échanges sur les moyens à mobiliser pour aider les pays africains à réussir leur adaptation aux changements climatiques
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Environment
15/10/2010 - “Africa has urgent and enormous climate change financing needs, but existing sources of financing and disbursement are inadequate,” said AfDB compliance and safeguards manager, Anthony Nyong, while speaking on financing climate change adaptation and mitigation action on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at the ongoing Seventh African Development Forum, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Environment
14/10/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday October 13, 2010 in Addis Ababa, launched the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Programme at a ceremony held on the sidelines of the Seventh African Development Forum.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Environment
