Interviews
08/02/2012 - «Nous devrions parvenir à adapter les données climatiques aux besoins des agriculteur et à utiliser les canaux appropriés de diffusion pour toucher les véritables cibles,» a souligné Mme Nogoye Thiam, division Conformité et sauvegardes.
Categories: Climate Change, 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
21/11/2011 - L’Afrique ne pourra pas répondre au défi du développement durable sans faire face aux impacts du changement climatique, qui sont multiples. Plus personne ne remet aujourd’hui en question la nécessité de mettre en œuvre des plans d’action pour minimiser ces impacts. Il suffit de regarder, pour s’en convaincre, l’augmentation du nombre des sécheresses graves et des inondations destructrices. La crise qui sévit aujourd’hui en Somalie et au nord du Kenya nous rappelle cruellement cette nécessité.
Categories: Climate Change, Environment
27/10/2011 - «En tant que chercheur et spécialiste des questions environnementales, je compte contribuer à une large diffusion des acquis de cette conférence auprès des autres chercheurs», a déclaré Ibouraïma Yabi, en marge de la Conférence économique africaine, à Addis-Abeba, du 25 au 28 octobre 2011.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Environment
30/05/2011 - While global carbon markets are taking off, Africa lags far behind with only 7% of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) global market share. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is designing targeted financing instruments, such as the Africa Carbon Facility (ACF), to help build Africa’s carbon markets and attract more green investments to the continent. Mafalda Duarte, ACF coordinator and principal climate specialist, African Development Bank (AfDB), explains.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
13/04/2011 - «L’UNCCD peut, dans le cadre d’une synergie avec la BAD, œuvrer pour le maintien et le renforcement de son rôle de premier plan, lors de l’élaboration de projets de lutte contre la désertification, éléments utiles au Fonds Vert», a indiqué Boubacar Cissé
Categories: Environment, Climate Change
04/03/2011 - To become more active and able to deal effectively with climate change, women need to be empowered and granted greater access to education, extension services and modern technologies, said Osman-Elasha Balgis in an interview on the occasion marking 100 years of International Women’s Day. She also affirmed that emphasis on women’s education, including incentives and scholarships in science is important for sustainable provision of qualified women candidates required to occupy key positions and reduce the existing gap in public and private sector jobs.
Categories: Climate Change, Gender, Environment
07/10/2010 - You are certainly referring to the African Development Forum (ADF VII) which will be held in Addis Ababa from October 10 to 15, 2010. That very important conference will be the seventh in the series of biannual Forum jointly initiated since 1999 by the Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to address the challenges of development in Africa and to establish a consensual African-driven development agenda on the continent. It is Africa’s premier multi-stakeholder platform for dialogue to build consensus and mobilize partnerships for Africa’s development.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Climate Change, Environment
07/09/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is taking a lead in addressing climate change issues which are adversely impacting on the African continent. According to Youssef Arfaoui, a Senior Energy Expert and Investment Officer in the Bank’s Private Sector Department, the continent has real opportunities and potentials to respond to climate change, but the problem is that the countries are not effectively sharing information among themselves.
Categories: Climate Change, Private Sector Development, Environment
06/09/2010 - A strong replenishment of the African Development Fund will enable us to meet the growing demand for investment in clean, renewable energy from our African borrowing members.
Categories: Tunisia, Climate Change, Environment
