News & Events
18/01/2012 - La secrétaire générale de l’Union du Fleuve Mano, Madame Saran Kaba, en visite à la Banque pour poursuivre des négociations sur des projets de protection de l’écosystème du bassin du fleuve Mano, se dit satisfaite de ses discussions avec les représentants de la Banque.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment
08/12/2011 - The World Wildlife Fund and the African Development Bank announced the progress made in the partnership between them that was signed in July 2011 to promote green growth at the climate change conference, or COP, in Durban.
Categories: South Africa, Environment, Climate Change
05/12/2011 - Land carries a powerful emotive charge in Africa. So while some welcome opportunities presented by foreign direct investment in African land, others are alarmed by a new “scramble” for post-colonial, post-independence Africa.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment
01/12/2011 - La 17e Conférence des parties à la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique (COP17), qui s’est ouverte le 28 novembre dans la ville ensoleillée de Durban, en Afrique du Sud, constitue une tribune appropriée pour que l’Afrique fasse entendre sa voix et réclame justice sur le dossier du changement climatique.
Categories: South Africa, Climate Change, Environment
01/11/2011 - African countries should continue focusing on improving business climate to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to views expressed by experts at the Sixth African Economic Conference held from 25-28 October 2011 in Addis Ababa.
Categories: Ethiopia, Environment, Climate Change
01/11/2011 - In a continuous effort to explore creative financing options to develop Africa’s green economy, African Development Bank (AfDB) staff members attended training on environmental fiscal reform (EFR) between 4 and 6 October in Tunis, Tunisia. EFR refers to a range of taxation and pricing measures that governments can use to raise fiscal revenues while furthering environmental goals. Hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the workshop explained the main elements of EFR (taxes, fees and subsidies), and how can they work together and with other financing instruments and mechanisms in a coherent way to achieve environmental and social impacts. Legal and governmental issues were discussed along with ways to identify windows of opportunity for EFR based on country needs. Trainers offered an action plan to trigger an EFR discussion process and subsequent implementation of EFR policy and instruments.
Categories: Tunisia, Climate Change, Water Supply & Sanitation, Environment
27/10/2011 - Adopting Renewable Energy and Investing in the Environment Les pays en développement, notamment africains n’ont pas une responsabilité engagée dans les émissions de CO2. Toutefois, cela ne doit pas les écarter de l’exploitation des ressources renouvelables. C’est le consensus qui s’est dégagé des discussions consacrées aux énergies renouvelables et aux questions environnementales de la Conférence économique africaine en cours, à Addis-Abeba.
Categories: Ethiopia, Energy & Power, Environment, Climate Change
20/07/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have come together to work closely on green economy and development issues in Africa. Both organisations signed a cooperative agreement to this effect in Geneva on 20July.
Categories: Switzerland, Environment, President's Corner
15/07/2011 - Enlightening WWF’s future collaboration with the AfDB, Jim Leape affirms: “Like the African Development Bank, WWF is a trusted partner across Africa, working with governments, business and civil society… He strongly supports the Bank to revise its Safeguards policies. He further said: “With the Bank, we hope to share expertise, technical assistance as well as policy learning, as well as on how to help value and protect Africa’s incomparable natural and biodiversity heritage.”
Categories: Environment
15/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a technical cooperation agreement with the Government of Denmark for the establishment of a sustainable energy fund for Africa (SEFA) for capacity building and investment in sustainable energy over a five-year period. The budget for the fund is set at a DKK 300 million (equivalent to USD 57 million).
Categories: Denmark, Energy & Power, Environment, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
