News & Events
18/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) jointly organized the workshop “Green Growth in Africa: Concepts, Tools and Strategies for Building Greener Economies and a Sustainable Future”. Hosted by the Zambian Ministry of Lands in Lusaka in January, the workshop attracted over 100 participants from 18 African countries, including representatives from bilateral and multilateral organizations.
Categories: Zambia, Economic & Financial Governance, Environment, Climate Change, Green Growth Initiative
16/01/2013 - At a CIF Partnership Forum event hosted by the African Development Bank on November 7, 2012 in Istanbul, a panel of speakers considered key points underpinning private sector investment in CIF operations, including fiscal ones, and lessons from specific countries which have been successful at attracting private sector investment at least in some sectors.
Categories: Turkey, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Environment, Private Sector Development
16/01/2013 - The African Development Bank hosted a two-day meeting of international finance institutions (IFIs) in Istanbul on November 8 and 9, 2012 to advance the analysis and information-sharing regarding the role that Climate Change Development Policy Operations (CC DPOs) can play in promoting structural changes towards climate-smart development pathways.
Categories: Turkey, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Environment
16/01/2013 - During the 2012 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 6 and 7, Mafalda Duarte, CIF Coordinator for the African Development Bank, represented the Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) on a panel discussing Civil Society Participation in the Climate Investment Funds.
Categories: Turkey, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Civil Society
16/01/2013 - The African Development Bank showcased its work in the domain of climate change in Africa through an array of printed and audiovisual materials at the CIF Partnership Forum on November 8-9, 2012 in Istanbul. The CIF in Action semi-annual report, published recently by the Bank’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC), highlights the AfDB’s work in expanding access to international climate change financing and was prominently displayed at the entrance to the CIF Partnership Forum’s Knowledge Bazaar.
Categories: Turkey, Climate Change, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
10/12/2012 - 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 from a €690,000 grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) signed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, December 7, after being approved on July 6, 2012.
Categories: Kenya, Environment, African Water Facility, Climate Change, Water Supply & Sanitation, Infrastructure
07/12/2012 - The African Development Bank led a team of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to develop a new joint approach to track climate financing including Adaptation and Mitigation Financing. The reports were launched during a side event panel at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) in Doha on December 5.
Categories: Qatar, Climate Change, Environment
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
