News & Events
03/09/2012 - Backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Niger has received approval from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for US $22 million to support its Water Resources Mobilization and Development Project. It seeks to boost food production in 10 rural districts in Niger, and ultimately improve the livelihoods of some 700,000 people, by implementing mini dams, wells and boreholes, irrigation schemes, erosion control and other water management measures along with the social infrastructure and training needed at the local level to ensure sustainability. Moreover, climate resilient seeds and farming techniques will be introduced to increase agricultural production.
Categories: Niger, Water Supply & Sanitation, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Environment
03/09/2012 - Over the first half of 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been demonstrating its commitment to support the scaling up of renewable energy in Africa with the approval of US $800 million in loans to spur private investment in Morocco’s growing wind and solar markets. The Bank’s technical and financial support of Morocco’s plan to develop a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Ouarzazate and its Integrated Wind/Hydro and Rural Electrification Program is helping Morocco realize its goal of increasing installed renewable energy capacity to 42 per cent by 2020 and becoming a renewable energy industry leader.
Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
27/08/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the World Bank, the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), prepared a policy toolkit on inclusive green growth for the G20 Leaders’ Summit, held in Los Cabos, Mexico, in June, at the request of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG). Green Growth is one of the three priorities under the Mexican Presidency.
Categories: Mexico, Climate Change, Environment, Green Growth Initiative
27/08/2012 - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), approved on August 17 its first grant of USD 825,000 to finance the concept phase of the Green Tech Financial Facility – a vehicle for investments in private-sector driven green technology projects – including market scoping and positioning studies, fund conceptualization and fund manager selection.
Categories: Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, Climate Change, Environment
09/08/2012 - 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) approved by the AfDB on Friday, July 6.
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Climate Change, Environment
24/07/2012 - The African Development Bank Group has made project approvals of approximately USD 3.45 billion, or Units of Account (UA) 2.27 billion, during the year 2012 so far.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Infrastructure, Environment
23/07/2012 - Les projets de la Banque africaine de développement (BAfD) visant à développer l'énergie solaire concentrée au Maroc et l’énergie géothermique au Kenya figurent parmi la vingtaine d’initiatives en matière d'énergie renouvelable étant couvertes par Africa Express, une étude d’un an sur l'énergie durable en Afrique et que les organisateurs espèrent voir devenir la première tournée réussie de l'Afrique en train.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
23/07/2012 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAfD) a organisé un atelier conjoint de suivi du financement de l’adaptation des BMD en marge de la conférence sur les changements climatiques de la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (CCNUCC), qui a eu lieu du 14 au 25 Mai à Bonn en Allemagne.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
23/07/2012 - Après six mois d'opérations, le Fonds pour l'énergie durable pour l'Afrique (SEFA), une initiative conjointe de la Banque africaine de développement et du gouvernement danois, conçue pour encourager les investissements privés dans les énergies renouvelables à petite et moyenne échelle et des projets d'efficacité énergétique en Afrique, a construit un pipeline actif à travers l'aide à la préparation du projet
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power, Environment
23/07/2012 - Le gouvernement suédois s'est engagé à verser 7,5 millions d'euros à un fonds spécial de l’Initiative Climat pour le développement de l’Afrique (ClimDev-Afrique) qui a été créé pour regrouper les ressources et financer des projets axés sur la demande en Afrique dont le but est de produire et diffuser des données climatiques à tous les niveaux de la société. Cet engagement et d'autres expressions d'intérêt et l'intention de s'associer à ClimDev-Afrique dans la réalisation des objectifs est survenu au cours d'une table ronde de haut niveau organisée par ClimDev-Afrique le 25 avril 2012 à Stockholm en Suède.
Categories: Sweden, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
